Category: Animals & Nature

🦛hippopotamus

🦛 hippopotamus belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A hippopotamus, a large semi-aquatic mammal, often used to represent the animal or wildlife.

Aliases

:hippopotamus:

Keywords

animalhippohippopotamus

What does 🦛 hippopotamus mean?

The hippopotamus emoji depicts the large, semi-aquatic mammal native to Africa. It is typically used in conversations about wildlife, zoos, or nature documentaries. Depending on context, it can also refer to the popular children's game "Hungry Hungry Hippos" or simply express affection for the animal.

Often used for

Discussing African wildlife or safaris
Talking about a trip to the zoo
Referencing the game Hungry Hungry Hippos
Sharing facts or videos about hippos

Tone: Generally lighthearted and literal, but also has established figurative meanings related to strength, bulk, and calmness.

Illustrative message examples with 🦛

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

did you see the hippo enclosure at the zoo today? 🦛
watching a nature doc and the baby 🦛 is so cute
anyone up for a game of hungry hungry hippos later 🦛
apparently hippos are super territorial, kinda scary 🦛
my favorite animal when i was a kid was definitely the hippo 🦛

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How 🦛 hippopotamus looks

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🦛 hippopotamus codes for developers

Every format below produces 🦛 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🦛`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F99B`
HTML (decimal)	`🦛`
HTML (hex)	`🦛`
CSS	`\1F99B`
JavaScript	`\u{1F99B}`
JSON	`\uD83E\uDD9B`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%A6%9B`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:hippopotamus:`