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"OH, say, what is this fearful, wild In-cor-ri-gible cuss?" "This "crea-ture" (don't say 'cuss,' my child; 'T is slang) -- this crea-ture fierce is styled The Hip-po-pot-am-us.
His curious name de-rives its source From two Greek words: "hippos" -- a horse, "Potamos" -- river. See? The river's plain e-nough, of course; But why they called that thing a horse, That's what is Greek to me."