Meaning of hippopotamine | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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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