Pronunciation of the English word hippopotamus.
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1. | The first hippopotamus at London Zoo attracted thousands of vistors per day and inspired a song called the "Hippopotamus Polka". | |
2. | Tom told Mary that he thought a hippopotamus could run at a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour. | |
3. | The Council slaves whipped him with their hippopotamus hide whips. | |
4. | Tom was trampled by a wild hippopotamus. | |
5. | I saw a hippopotamus at the zoo. | |
6. | A hippopotamus can bite a person in half, which is an uncommon ability for a guinea pig. | |
7. | Some experts believe Fiona is the smallest hippo ever to survive. She weighed only 13 kilograms at birth. That is one-third the size of a normal, fully developed baby Nile hippopotamus. | |
8. | Everyone was worried about Fiona during the first six months of her life. But by her first birthday, she had grown to 318 kilograms, a healthy weight for a hippopotamus that age. | |
9. | A hippopotamus has huge tusks. | |
10. | The hippopotamus is a semiaquatic, mostly herbivorous mammal. |