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Hippopotamuses

A group of hippopotamuses can be called: bloat · herd · pod · school

Collective nouns: 4
Category: Animals
Subcategory: Mammals
High confidence: 4
Book of St Albans: 0

Collective nouns for hippopotamuses

a bloat of hippopotamuses

A group of hippopotamuses.

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested

6 sources

a herd of hippopotamuses

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited
Also used for: antelopes, boars, cattle, cetaceans, cranes, curlews, deer, donkeys, elk, goats +24 more
Also spelled: Herde (1486)

2 sources

a pod of hippopotamuses

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited
Also used for: dolphins, narwhals, pelicans, seals, whales, cetaceans

2 sources

a school of hippopotamuses

Confidence: high
Attestation: wikipedia-cited
Also used for: clerks, dolphins, fish, narwhals, bony fish, cod, whales
Also spelled: Scole (1486), Scoll (1486)

2 sources

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