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Relative Of A Hippopotamus Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TAPIR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: TAPIR

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199%5Exact Match!
239%14 Close relative of the hippopotamus
332%4 Young hippopotamus

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We think the answer is "TAPIR" which means:

    noun
  • • Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical america and southeast asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal with a long snout."
  • • "The malayan tapir is the largest species of tapir."

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