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[–] [email protected] 18 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Tfw "hippo" literally means "horse"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

Hippothetically

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

But horse-apotamus makes no sense (unless "apotamus" means "big fat") - I'm not the most cunning of linguists.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago

Hippo = horse

Potamus = river

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Water horse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Explain seahorses, then, if you're so smart.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Literally what it's called in slovenian. Povodni konj