river horse

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Hippopotamus. uncommon
    — The river-horse feeds upon the herbage of the Nile, and the behemoth is said to eat grass like an ox.

词形变化

river horses plural

词源

Calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Compare Middle English water hors (“hippopotamus”). By surface analysis, river + horse.
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