Noun
massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
Source: WordNetAugustine of Hippo used to say that, but for God's grace, he should have been capable of committing any crime; and it is when we feel this sincerely, that we are most likely to be really improving, and best able to give assistance to others without moral loss to ourselves. Henry Liddon
The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind. Terry Pratchett
His lion and hippo legs twitched. I wondered if netherworld monsters dreamed of chasing rabbits. Rick Riordan
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected. Zahi Hawass
Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days before printing we had limited opportunities for satire. Jonathan Stroud
Me, I was still in the pygmy hippo in a skirt, singing lusty songs about Solomon's private life and a giant stone back and forth through the air as I climbed out of the quarry at the edge of the site. Jonathan Stroud