"hippopotamine" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hippopotamine [comparative], most hippopotamine [superlative]
Etymology: From hippopotamus + -ine. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hippopotamus|-ine}} hippopotamus + -ine Head templates: {{en-adj}} hippopotamine (comparative more hippopotamine, superlative most hippopotamine)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hippopotamuses; large, rotund, indulgent. Wikipedia link: Century Dictionary, James Murray (lexicographer), Oxford English Dictionary, William Dwight Whitney Related terms: elephantine, rhinocerine
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