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pygmy hippo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
pygmy hip-po
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

pygmy hippos (plural)

Questions

What does pygmy hippo mean?
pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

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