Hippopotamus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”). === Proper noun === Hippopotamus m A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – common hippopotamuses. The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamus. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Whippomorpha – suborder; Hippopotamidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Hippopotamus amphibius - sole extant species; †Hippopotamus madagascariensis, †Hippopotamus lemerlei - selected extinct species ==== Coordinate terms ==== (genus): Choeropsis - genus of the pygmy hippopotamus ==== Derived terms ==== Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus liberiensis (now Choeropsis liberiensis) === References === Hippopotamus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hippopotamus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hippopotamus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons