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river horse

noun

Definition of river horse

: hippopotamus

Examples of river horse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 In this video, a lion latches onto a hippo's rump in a vain attempt to take the river horse down. — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, "Here's Proof Hippos Do Whatever They Want," 19 Dec. 2017

First Known Use of river horse

1563, in the meaning defined above

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