hippo

«hippo» in Mova's school dictionary: a huge, heavy African animal with a wide mouth, short… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hippo, hippos)

meaning for a pupil

1) A hippo, short for hippopotamus, is a huge, heavy African animal with a wide mouth, short legs and thick skin, which spends most of the day in rivers and lakes. tree →

2) Hippos eat grass, coming out of the water at night to graze. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons hippos come up in adaptations: eyes, ears and nostrils are on top of the head so they can stay under water; their skin makes a reddish liquid that protects against the sun. In safety and geography lessons pupils learn that hippos are among the most dangerous large animals in Africa because they are very territorial. The name means «river horse» in Greek.

examples

• The hippo yawned and showed its huge teeth. tree →
• Hippos spend the day in the water to keep cool. tree →
• A hippo can stay under water for several minutes. tree →
• Hippos come out at night to eat grass. tree →
• The name «hippopotamus» means «river horse». tree →
• Hippos may look slow, but they are very dangerous. tree →
• A baby hippo is called a calf. tree →

note

Plural «hippos». Short for «hippopotamus» (plural «hippopotamuses» or «hippopotami»). Myth: hippos do not sweat blood; the red liquid is a natural sunscreen. Hippos cannot really swim; they walk or bounce along the bottom.

In the corpora

• The closest living relatives of hippos are whales and dolphins.
• A hippo's closest living relatives are whales and dolphins, not pigs.
• The closest living land relatives of whales are hippos, and a whale's flipper has the same bones as your arm and hand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hippo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.