Hyphenation of Hippopotamus

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Hippopotamus? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Hip-popota-mus

Definitions of Hippopotamus:

1.	Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

Synonyms of Hippopotamus:

noun	hippo, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius, even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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