hippopotamuses
- plural of hippopotamus.
Example Sentences
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Colombia wants to send at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch to India and Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Nevertheless, the rainforest is rich in biodiversity, including pygmy hippopotamuses, giant forest hogs, canopy monkeys, and chimpanzees, as well as thousands of species of plants.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Mexican zoo authorities have agreed to help facilitate the transfer of the hippopotamuses, which have yet to be captured.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
The authors describe parasitoid wasps that lay their eggs inside the cocoons of other parasitoid wasps, for example, and leeches that spend their entire lives inside the anuses of hippopotamuses.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2022
The hippopotamuses continued to doze with their noses above the surface.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
