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hip⋅po

  [hip-oh]
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–noun, plural -pos. Informal.
hippopotamus.
Origin:
by shortening
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Hip⋅po

  [hip-oh]
–noun
Hippo Regius.

hippo-

 
a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “horse” (hippodrome); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (hippology).
Also, especially before a vowel, hipp-.

Origin:
< Gk: comb. form of híppos; c. L equus, OIr ech, OE eoh, Skt aśvas, Lith ašvà

Hip⋅po Re⋅gi⋅us

  [hip-oh ree-jee-uhs]
–noun
a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
Also called Hippo.
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hip·po   (hĭp'ō)   
n.   pl. hip·pos
A hippopotamus.
Hip·po   (hĭp'ō)   
An ancient city of northwest Africa in present-day northeast Algeria south of Annaba. Saint Augustine was its bishop from A.D. 396 to 430.
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hippo
hippopotamus
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