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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 98 points 8 months ago (14 children)

>Place is called HIPPOdrome

>Look inside

>Horses

[–] thedarkfly 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tfw "hippo" literally means "horse"

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Hippothetically

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago

Hippo = horse

Potamus = river

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Water horse

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

They're so cute, I love em

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Literally what it's called in slovenian. Povodni konj

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