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"hippopotamuses" has 6 syllables: hipp-op-ot-am-us-es.
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"Hippopotamuses" has 6 syllables: hipp · op · ot · am · us · es.
Hippopotamuses: A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius)
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