Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ypotryll chisikwa chomuEurope cheMiddle Ages chinoratidzwa muzvinyorwa zvevanhu. Iine musoro une zvipfuramabwe wegondo kana kuti nguruve, muviri une mbabvu wengamera, makumbo namakumbo enzombe kana kuti mbudzi uye muswe murefu, une mahwanda wenyoka. Zita rayo rinofungidzirwa kuti rakabva muchiGiriki <unk>hippo<unk> (bhiza) kana muMiddle English, <unk>ypotame<unk> pachayo yakabva muchiLatin "ypotamus". Kunyange zvazvo pasina zvakawanda zvinozivikanwa nezvezvinoreva kana mavambo echisikwa ichi, chinoratidzika sechiratidzo chaJohn Tiptoft, 1st Earl weWorcester, anozivikanwawo sa"Butcher weEngland"; murume anozivikanwa noutsinye hwake hwakanyanya maererano nekuurayiwa kwevaLancaster panguva yekutonga kwake saLord High Constable mukutanga kwema1460. Chisikwa chacho chinozivikanwa nokuda kwoukashata hwacho hunotyisa, uye zvichida chiratidzo chaavo vaichipfeka sechiratidzo chavo. Tiptoft akagurwa musoro muna 1470 navaLancastrian mukati me
Hondo yeRoses (1455-1487).