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GENUS HIPPOPOTAMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Hippopotamidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hippopotamus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hippopotamus"):
hippo; hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse (massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa)
Holonyms ("genus Hippopotamus" is a member of...):
family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae (hippopotami)
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