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river horse
noun
Hippopotamus
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Hippopotamus is Greek for "river horse," and the animal has been known since ancient times.
Bears do not generally communicate by sound and usually are quiet, but they do growl at times when feeding, when being challenged by another bear or by humans, and when competing for mates. is Greek for "river horse," and the animal has been known since ancient times.
Okay, try these: "What is another name for a river horse?" "Why is a cat's tongue rough?" We could go on with these questions; there are 361 others in the book, one for every day in the year, along with ample, unhurried answers to each question.
The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse".
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Nile hippos, also known as river hippos or river horses, are vegetarians and can weigh as much as 4,000 pounds.
15 1 RIVER-HORSE, by William Least Heat-Moon.
They were standing in a rushing river, buck naked, wild horses running in the background, as he knelt down on one knee and asked her to be his forever.
"She had to ride on horses and she had to cross over a river on horses.
We'll ford rivers, mislay horses, and lose our imaginary cousin to dysentery.
It's a remote, almost forgotten paradise of towering mountains, clear rivers, wild horses, wolves, bears and – if you happen to be there for the summer festival – prodigious feats of drinking.
The observation of hedgerows, rivers, shire horses, rumpled lanes and cottage gardens in his paintings is charged and visionary; but it is the vision of a scientist, not a seer.
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