Zoo heavyweight and river dweller that can hold its breath and stay submerged for up to five minutes while walking underwater, for short Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Zoo heavyweight and river dweller that can hold its breath and stay submerged for up to five minutes while walking underwater, for short featured on April 17, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HIPPO.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HIPPO Zoo heavyweight and river dweller that can hold its breath and stay submerged for up to five minutes while walking underwater, for short (5)
5% SEAL Elephant ___, ocean dweller that can hold its breath underwater for dives of up to two hours, in dire circumstances (4)
5% ALLIGATOR Crocodile-like swamp predator that can hold its breath underwater for up to 45 minutes by dramatically slowing its heart rate (9)
5% BEAKED Cuvier's ___ whale, mammal that was seen to have held its breath and stayed submerged for a record-setting 222 minutes (6)
4% SLOTH Famously slow tree-dweller whose surprise superpower is the ability to stay submerged in water for up to 20 minutes (5)
4% SPERM ___ whale, deep-sea diver that can hold its breath for 90 minutes while hunting squid nearly 3,000 feet below the ocean surface (5)
4% ROB Hold up (3) Thomas Joseph Apr 11, 2026
4% PANT Breathe with short quick breaths (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Apr 2, 2026
4% ROBS Holds up (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 31, 2026
4% WADES Walks while shin-deep (5) USA Today Mar 26, 2026
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