'Hippo' definitions:
Definition of 'Hippo'
From: WordNet
noun
An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria [syn: Hippo, Hippo Regius]
noun
Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa [syn: hippopotamus, hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius]
Definition of 'hippo'
From: GCIDE
- hippo \hip"po\ n. Same as hippopotamus.
- Syn: hippopotamus, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'hippo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blimp,
- dinosaur,
- elephant,
- fatty,
- hathi,
- heavy,
- heavyweight,
- hippopotamus,
- Jumbo,
- jumbo,
- leviathan,
- lump,
- mammoth,
- mastodon,
- monster,
- pachyderm,
- potbelly,
- rhino,
- rhinoceros,
- river horse,
- roly-poly,
- swagbelly,
- tub,
- tub of lard,
- tun,
- whale,
- woolly mammoth