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HIPPOPOTAMUS [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Choeropsis liberiensis
Latin
Hexaprotodon liberiensis
Latin
OBS

A mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Choeropsis liberiensis
Latin
Hexaprotodon liberiensis
Latin
OBS

Mammifère de la famille des Hippopotamidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Vossia cuspidata
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

hippo grass: common name also used to refer to the species Echinochloa stagnina.

Key term(s)
  • hippopotamus grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Vossia cuspidata
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Echinochloa stagnina
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

OBS

hippo grass: common name also used to refer to the species Vossia cuspidata.

Key term(s)
  • hippograss
  • hippopotamus grass
  • burgugrass
  • longawn water grass
  • long-awn watergrass
  • longawn watergrass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Echinochloa stagnina
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Echinochloa stagnina
Latin
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Record 4 2016-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Hippopotamus amphibius
Latin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hippopotamus amphibius
Latin

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

An order of ungulate mammals including the ox, sheep, goat, antelope, deer, giraffe, camel, hippopotamus, pig, and related forms all having the functional toes of the hind feet and forefeet even in number and the 3d digit of each foot symmetrical with and paired with the 4th digit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Mammifère à sabots chez lequel l'axe des membres passe entre les doigts 3 et 4, le doigt 1 ayant disparu et les doigts 2 et 5 ayant plus ou moins régressé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
OBS

Los artiodáctilos o mamíferos de pezuñas pares se estudian en el orden Artiodactyla. Este orden se le asigna a la clase Mamalia.

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Record 6 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Any of various large and often very large extinct American edentate mammals related to the recent sloths and anteaters.

CONT

Ice Age ground sloths were the size of a hippopotamus or an elephant, and had very large claws on both their front and hind feet. They probably used their powerful forelimbs and claws for defense against sabertooth cats, Pleistocene lions, and packs of dire wolfes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Les] Gravigrades [...] constituent la superfamille des «Megalonychoidea» Simpson, 1945, dont on possède de nombreux squelettes complets. Ces animaux aujourd'hui disparus, certains peut-être depuis quelques millénaires seulement, rappellent un peu les Paresseux, mais c'était des Paresseux marcheurs, vivant sur le sol d'où le nom américain de «Ground-sloths».

CONT

À la fonte des dernières glaces, on assiste à l'extinction de nombreux mammifères géants comme le machairodonte, le paresseux marcheur et tous les éléphants à l'exception des deux espèces actuelles.

OBS

Paresseux marcheur : terme corroboré par un paléontologue du Musée national des sciences naturelles du Canada, à Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Phraseology
OBS

Plural: hippopotami. Group: a school or bloat of hippopotami. Young: calf. There are no specific names for the male or female of the species.

Key term(s)
  • hippopotami

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Phraséologie
DEF

Mammifère énorme, végétarien et amphibie avec une peau nue. Il habite les eaux douces d'Afrique. Ses canines inférieures sont parfois très développées.

Spanish

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