river-horse

Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

Douville re-echoed the assertion — that the river-horse and the crocodile will not live together; the reason is, simply, that upon the seaboard, where these animals were first observed, the crocodile prefers the fresh water of the river, the hippopotamus the brackish water at its mouth.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The animal is fond of water in every way, whether for drinking or for bathing purposes; and this explains the peculiar constitution of the hippopotamus or river-horse.

The History of Animals 2002

It was overturned, its bottom ripped out, one side crushed as if a river-horse had played with it.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

The hippopotamus, or river-horse, is found exclusively in the great rivers, lakes, and swamps of Africa.

Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon.

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

Fish-spearing and meat-hunting were set about with promptitude, and on the second day we were happy enough to slay a yearling river-horse, which gave provisions in all sufficiency.

The Lost Continent Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne 1905

At the entrance from the sea sharks are found in great abundance, and, higher up, alligators and the hippopotamus (or river-horse) are very numerous.

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, 1795-7 1893

'And there's a river-horse!' said the Psammead, as a great beast like an enormous slaty-blue slug showed itself against the black bank on the far side of the stream.

The Story of the Amulet 1891

'Don't be silly little duffers,' said the Psammead in its friendly, informal way; 'it's not a river-horse.

The Story of the Amulet 1891