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"hippopotami" has 5 syllables: hipp-op-ot-am-i.
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"Hippopotami" has 5 syllables: hipp · op · ot · am · i.
Hippopotami: A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius)
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