different between hippo vs hoppo

English

hippo (plural hippos)

Clipping of hippopotamus.
- 2006 "The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal." Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.

hoppo (plural hoppos or hoppoes) (now rare)

A Chinese board of customs or revenue.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 108:
  On the way two Chinese buildings were pointed out to us as hoppo, of custom-houses, at both which all boats […] are obliged to stop and undergo a strict search or examination by a petty mandarin.
A customs officer in China.

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