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Fish - fish or, when referring to different types of fish: fishes

lynx - lynxes

grass - grass or, when referring to different types of grass: grasses

hippopotamus - hippopotami or hippopotamuses

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Grasses (This refers to different varieties of the plant. For example, rye and Bermuda are two different grasses.)

Hippopotami (Almost all words ending in -us are from the Latin, and that singular ending transforms to an -i in the plural.)

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There are two accepted plurals of hippopotamus: hippopotamuses and hippopotami. In order to avoid debate, "hippos" is more often used.

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The plural of hippo is hippos.

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hippopotomuses

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hippopotami.

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hipopipoinon

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