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pygmy hippopotamus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
pygmy hip-popota-mus
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.

Inflected Forms

pygmy hippopotamuses (plural) pygmy hippopotami (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Choeropsis

Synonyms

pygmy hippo

Questions

What does pygmy hippopotamus mean?
A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.

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