- hippopotamus hide
- шкура гиппопотама
English-Russian dictionary of leather and footwear industry. проф., д-р техн. наук Г. Арбузов, к.т.н. А. Михайлова, И. Качко, к-т. фил.н. Я. Смирницкая.
English-Russian dictionary of leather and footwear industry. проф., д-р техн. наук Г. Арбузов, к.т.н. А. Михайлова, И. Качко, к-т. фил.н. Я. Смирницкая.
hippopotamus — hippopotamic /hip euh peuh tam ik/, hippopotamian /hip euh peuh tay mee euhn/, adj. /hip euh pot euh meuhs/, n., pl. hippopotamuses, hippopotami / muy /. a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs … Universalium
Pygmy Hippopotamus — Taxobox name = Pygmy Hippopotamus status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Lewison, R. Oliver, W. (Hippo Specialist Subgroup)|year=2005|id=10032|title=Hexaprotodon liberiensis|downloaded=17 December 2006] image caption … Wikipedia
Pygmy hippopotamus — A pygmy hippopotamus at National Zoo. Conservation status … Wikipedia
sjambok — 1. noun /ˈʃæmbɒk/ A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide. , 1963: Foppl stood holding a sjambok or cattle whip of giraffe hide, tapping the handle against his leg in a steady, syncopated figure. Thomas Pynchon, V. See… … Wiktionary
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Public Force (Congo) — The Public Force or Force Publique (FP) was the official armed force for what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1885, (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of direct Belgian rule (1908 to 1960) … Wikipedia
sjambok — [sham′bäk] n. [Afrik < Malay cambuk, a large whip < Hindi cābuk] in South Africa, a whip traditionally made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide vt. to strike or flog with a sjambok … English World dictionary
kourbash — n. (also kurbash) a whip, esp. of hippopotamus hide, used as an instrument of punishment in Turkey and Egypt. Etymology: Arab. kurbaj f. Turk. kirbaccedil whip … Useful english dictionary
Sjambok — A 3 (90 cm) plastic sjambok used by South African Police. The sjambok or litupa is the official heavy leather whip of South Africa, sometimes seen as synonymous with apartheid but actually much older and still used outside the official judiciary … Wikipedia
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