why they havehuge mouth & teeth even when they are herbivorous?
2006-09-24 21:45:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), from the Greek ‘ιπποπόταμος (hippopotamos, hippos meaning "horse" and potamos meaning "river"), is a large, plant-eating African mammal, one of only two extant, and three or four recently extinct, species in the family Hippopotamidae.
2006-09-24 21:50:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Latin;from Greek hippopotamos,alteration of hippos potamios,literally,riverine horse.
2006-09-25 04:56:20 · answer #2 · answered by dev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name is from Greek for "River Horse".
2006-09-25 12:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I named them that. I thought it was a good name.
2006-09-25 04:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by Obsean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means "water horse".
2006-09-25 04:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by Bart S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I GUESS YOU THINK ITS FROM HIP-HOP.
2006-09-25 04:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by helpmegetaname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...........I thought it is............... K I L F A R U ........................
2006-09-25 04:47:36 · answer #7 · answered by spaceman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋