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hroch

Pronunciation: [ˈɦrox]

“hroch” is a Czech word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. hippopotamus

Etymology

Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl, possibly based on roch (“war elephant figure in chess”) or on onomatopoeic hrochati (“to bang, to oink”).

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