hippopotamus

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 181

(hip-6-pot’a-mus), n.; pl. hip- popotamuses, hippopotami (-ez, -mi). [In earlier form contr. hippotame, q. v.; = F. hippo pot a me = Sp. hipopotamo = Pg. hippopotamo = It. ippopotamo,