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pygmy hippopotamus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa of species Choeropsis liberiensis (syn. Hexaprotodon liberiensis), similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.

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  • Assamese: সৰু জলহস্তী (xoru zolohosti) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倭河馬 /倭河马 (wōhémǎ) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Dutch: dwergnijlpaard — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Finnish: kääpiövirtahepo — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Finnish: pikkuvirtahepo — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • French: hippopotame nain — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Georgian: ჯუჯა ბეჰემოთი (ǯuǯa behemoti) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Georgian: ლიბერიული ბეჰემოთი (liberiuli behemoti) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • German: Zwergflusspferd — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Hungarian: törpe víziló — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Polish: hipopotam karłowaty — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Russian: ка́рликовый бегемо́т (kárlikovyj begemót) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Russian: либери́йский ка́рликовый бегемо́т (liberíjskij kárlikovyj begemót) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Russian: ка́рликовый гиппопота́м (kárlikovyj gippopotám) — Choeropsis liberiensis
  • Swedish: dvärgflodhäst — Choeropsis liberiensis