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hippotaurus

hippotaurus [ἱππόταυρος] , hippopotamus. b (?) kind of fish; cf. hippopotamus b. ibi [sc. in Nilo] abundant cocdrilli et ~i [v. l. ypotauri], qui sunt equi fluviales Higd. I 16 p. 131.  b conducet megaros ac ypotaros sibi caros (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 194.

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