๐Ÿฆ›Hippopotamus emoji
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๐Ÿฆ› Emoji meaning

Aggressive, herbivore, protection, strength, danger.

๐Ÿฆ› Meaning

We're going on a safari to the Kruger National Park! The hippopotamus is the second-heaviest land mammal after the elephant. The herbivores can show a very aggressive behavior. Due to its barrel-shaped physique, it is also used for people in an unflattering way.

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Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œHippopotamusโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018 and added to Emoji 11.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ animal

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hippo + hippopotamus

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