[DOC] [TLE] Hippopotamus | Define Hippopotamus at Dictionary.com [PAR] Hippopotamus definition, a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus ... 1555-
65; < Latin < Greek hippoptamos, earlier hppos potmios literally, ... I've had
call it hippopotamus on the chest this two months, and you'll about hit the mark. ... 
Word Origin and History for hippopotamus ... Nearby words for hippopotamus. [DOC] [TLE] Hippopotamus - British Library [PAR] The word hippopotamus comes from the Late Greek, and is made up of two words, meaning 'river' and 'horse'. But the animal itself comes from Africa. [DOC] [TLE] Definition of hippopotamus - Merriam-Webster's ... - Word Central [PAR] Word History The ancient Greeks gave the name hippopotamos to a big, barrel-shaped animal they saw in Africa. English, using the Latin spelling hippopotamus, has kept this name. It is a combination of the Greek words hippos, meaning "horse" and potamos, meaning "river." [DOC] [TLE] potamo-, potam- - Word Information [PAR] The hippopotamus, whose name comes from two Greek words meaning, "river 
horse", as stated above; is one of the largest and heaviest land mammals. [DOC] [TLE] hippo-, hipp- - Word Information [PAR] Greek: horse. ... Belonging to, like, or suggesting a hippopotamus; huge, 
unwieldly. ... The hippopotamus, whose name comes from two Greek words 
meaning,... [DOC] [TLE] Greek Language: Roots of English Words in Greek Mythology [PAR] Many English words have Greek roots and a lot of them come straight from the 
names of certain gods and Titans. ... The Greek word is listed first; the English 
root word is second, followed by the definition: ... Glossis > gloss - tongue; Hippos 
> hipp(o) - horse; Kdos > kd - glory, fame; Logos ... YourDictionary  2 years 
ago. [DOC] [TLE] Hippopotamus - definition of hippopotamus by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Define hippopotamus. hippopotamus synonyms, hippopotamus ... Word / Article 
... 2. (Animals) pigmy hippopotamus a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis 
liberiensis. [C16: from Latin, from Greek hippopotamos river horse, from hippos 
horse + potamos river] ... ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:. [DOC] [TLE] Hippo - definition of hippo by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Word / Article; Starts with; Ends with; Text ... 1. (Animals) short for hippopotamus. 
2. South African an armoured police car. Collins English Dictionary .... That 
comes from two Greek words -- hippos, which means a horse, and ". View in 
context. [DOC] [TLE] What's in a Name? | Perissodactyl [PAR] A species name includes two words, the genus and species. ... portions of Greek 
and Latin words, known as stems, often linked together into a single word, ... 
Hippopotamus in Greek literally means "river horse", which is an appropriate 
description for ... But the species name is the same regardless of where you 
come from. [DOC] [TLE] Hippo Words - Daily Writing Tips [PAR] Jun 23, 2009 ... The prefix hippo is from the Greek word for horse. hippopotamus: hippo + 
potamus, river  river horse ... from where those words above came from, and 
actually see the difference between those two greek prefixes:. [DOC] [TLE] Word for Wednesday: Hippopotamus - Spellzone [PAR] Jun 3, 2015 ... As interesting and appropriate as it now seems, the word Hippopotamus comes 
from two Greek words: 'hippos' meaning 'horse' and 'potamos'... [DOC] [TLE] hippopotamus - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] hippopotamus: A large, chiefly aquatic African herbivorous mammal ... that 
spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. ... 
When the Greeks first saw a huge animal in Egypt, they called it hippopotamus, 
the Greek word for ` water horse. ' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV 
No 2. [DOC] [TLE] Words in English: Parsing Practice - Rice University [PAR] To parse a word means to analyze it into component morphemes. ... Parsing is 
generally done on complex words that came from Latin and Greek. ...

Question: The word hippopotamus comes from 2 Greek words meaning this
Answer: River horse