Question

What was the word used to refer a group of hippopotamus?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation: A group of hippos can be called a pod or a herd. Some fanciful or creative collective nouns for hippos are a crash, a thunder, or a bloat.

Answer 2

In the English grammar,we use different types of special noun words to denote a group of something.

These nouns are simply known as the collective nouns.

And there is a wide range of collective nouns which we use for different groups of different substances.

Similarly, we use the collective noun 'pod',in order to denote a group of hippopotamus. (At least 40)

Example in sentence:

"A pod of hippos is crossing the jungle".