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12 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
originFrom Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (English hippo-) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). First attested in the 1560s. Displaced native Old English sǣhenġest, and largely displaced English nicker (from native Old English nicor) and river horse.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- photomaps 18
- photomap 17
- photopias 16
- opsimath 15
- photopia 15
- oompahs 14
- shampoo 14
- pappous 13
- pompous 13
- happis 13
- hippos 13
- hippus 13