Does any know what ____ means?

Question

Hippopotamus i know it has greek origins. what does it mean?

Answer 1

A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius)
having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle.

Also called river horse.

The pygmy hippopotamus.

[Latin, from Greek hippopotamos : hippos, horse + potamos, river.]

Answer 2

Hippopotamus is a large, aquatic animal that lives in rivers

Answer 3

A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) having thick, dark, almost hairless skin, short legs with four toes, and a broad, wide-mouthed muzzle. Also called river horse.

Answer 4

Hippopotamus means river horse because hippo means horse and potamus means river

Answer 5

river horse.
if you look in a good dictionary, it will give you the etymology of words, telling you what language they come from and the literal meaning of the original.

Answer 6

Hippos means horse, and potamos means river, so the whole term means river horse.

Answer 7

I believe it is river horse

Answer 8

"horse" "river"

Answer 9

it means large stomoche