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#43858 10/07/2001 9:42 PM

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Jazzoctopus

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Jazzoctopus

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Can't leave without mentioning rhinoceros's: rhino = nose, keras/ceras = horn!!

If you look at the etymology of hippopotamus doesn't it mean "big water animal"? Hippo is "big or large", "pot" is "water" (potable), and amus relates to animal, or animate. Is my analysis flawed?

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