Hippopotamus Definition & Meaning

hippopotamus
noun
  1. massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

"Hippopotamus" in song lyrics

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  • "Half wolf, half crow, half hippopotamus"
    Buck 65 — Surrender To Strangeness
  • "Hungry like the wolf or hungriest hippopotamus"
    Rainmen f/ Sparka Brodaz, R-Senal — The Acropolys
  • "And its obvious that we thick like a hippopotamus"
    T-Nutty — Sac Kingz

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