Meaning of hippopotamine | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hippopotamuses; large, rotund, indulgent.

Examples

“The baby animal trotted cheerfully around the grassy enclosure, adorable in her hippopotamine rotundness.”

“It is thus evident that about thirty years is the extreme limit of Hippopotamine existence...”

“Meanwhile, the wonderful series of hippopotamine remains from the Val d'Arno was attracting more attention...”

“Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair/His fair Hippopotamine maid...”

“But most important, a dinner of hippopotamine dimensions, portions you can wallow in, can be had, if you're cautious, for $9.50...”

“Fragmentary remains of a relatively small hippopotamine species referred to as imaguncula have been reported from the Western Rift of Uganda...”

“Taweret was a protector of women during pregnancy and childbirth, and of young children. This hippopotamine association derived from the well-known phenomenon of fearless female hippopotamuses protecting their young.”

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