hippophile 
Next to impossible to find aperfectly honest hippophile. 
O. W. Holmes, The Atlantic, LIX. 634. 
Hippopodiidae (hip"6-po-di'i-de), w. pi. [NL., 
< Hippopodius + -idm.] A family of oceanic 
hydroids, tubular medusans, or Siphonophora, 
of the order Calycophora, taking name from the 
genus Hippopodius, and related to lUfilnjida; 
but having more than two horseshoe-shaped 
swimming-bells, no polyp-stem, and no float. 
Also written Hippopodida!. 
Hippopodiidee : the swimming column has two rows of 
nectocalyces, and is situated on an upper lateral branch 
of the stem. The male and female gonophores are grouped 
in clusters ... at the base of the nutritive polype. 
Claus, Zoology (trans. ), I. 250. 
[ius (hip-o-po'di-us), . [NL., < Gr. 
, horse, + noi; (1,06-) = E.foot.] A genus 
of tubular medusans or calycophorans, giving 
name to the family Hippopodiidae: same as 
Glelta, 2. Quoy and Gaimard, 1827. 
hippopotami, n. Latin plural of hippopotamus. 
hippopotamic (hip-o-pot'a-mik), a. [< hippo- 
potamus + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the hippo- 
potamus; hence, figuratively, ponderous. 
Even with the masters of it, English prose was then still 
in the hippopotamic stage. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 477. 
hippopotamid (hip-o-pot'a-mid), n. One of the 
Hippopotamidfe. 
Merycopotamus of the Miocene Fauna of the Sewalik 
Hills appears to have been a Hippopotamid. 
Huxley, Anat Vert., p. 320. 
Hippopotamidae (hip*o-po-tam'i-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Hippopotamus + -idee.] A family of om- 
nivorous mammals, of the order Ungulata, sub- 
order Artiodactyla, series Omnivora, and super- 
family Hipponotamoidea ; the hippopotamuses. 
The technical characteristics are: the lower canines en- 
larged and tusk-like, the stomach non-ruminant, only im- 
hip-shot 
[NL., < hippur-ie + 
presence of an excessive 
= .. in the urine. 
lent^swimmer and diver, and can^ remain under water a hippuric (hi-pu 'rik), a. [< Gr. iTrirof, horse, 
ovpov, urine, + -ic.] Relating to or obtained 
considerable time. A much smaller and very different 
hippopotamus is Charopsi* liberiensie. See Chceropsina:. 
There are several extinct species, of various genera. 
The same river Nilus bringeth foorth another beast 
called hippopotamus, i. e., a river horse. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, viii. 25. 
2. [cap.] [NL.] The typical genus of Hipp 
grade, the muzzle obtuse with superolateral nostrils, and 
the mamma- two in number and inguinal. The family is 
intermediate between swine and deer, but IB much nearer 
the former ; it is divided into Hippopotamina! and Chae- 
ropsituK. 
Hippopotaminae (hip-o-pot-a-mi'ne), n. pi. 
[NL., < Hippopotamus + -ince.] The typical 
and the prominence of the completed bony or- 
bits. The only recent genus is Hippopotamus; 
a fossil genus is Hexaprotodon. 
hippopotamine (hip-6-pot'a-min), a. [< hip- 
' 1 "I " rt* __*_". .A * J . 1 
from the urine of horses Hlppuiic acld.CgHpnu.-j, 
an acid found in considerable quantity in the urine of 
herbivorous animals and in that of persons suffering from 
diabetes. It crystallizes in long needles, is soluble in 
warm water, and when heated with a strong acid breaks 
... _ _ -_ f _,_,... up into benzoic acid and glycocoll. 
r, characterized by the presence of only hippurid (hip'u-rid), n. A plant of the natural 
four lower incisors. H.amj>hibiusistheon\y\iv- order Haloragea; (Hippuridea; of Link). Lind- 
ing species Tailless hippopotamus, the giant cavy ^- 
or capibara. Hippuridese (hip-u-rid'e-e), M. pi. [NL., < Hi)>- 
Hlppopus (hip o-pus), n. [NL., < Gr. ijrirof, puris (-rid-) + -ea;.] An orcle* of plants estab- 
horse, + Troi'f (voA-) = E. foot.] 1. A genus lished by Link in 1821 : same as the Haloragece 
of siphonate bivalve mollusks, of the family of Endlicher, 1836. 
Tridacwdai, or giant clams, and very near Tri- Hippuris (hi-pu 'ris), n. [L., < Gr. "anrovpif, 
horse-tailed; as noun, a plant, mare's-tail; < 
iirirof, horse, + ovpd, tail.] 1. A genus of 
marsh or aquatic plants, of the natural order 
Haloragea; the mare's-tails. It Is characterized 
by having perfect or polygamous flowers, an entire calyx, 
no petals, a single stamen inserted on the edge of the 
calyx, and a single thread-shaped style, stigmatic down 
one side, and received in the groove between the lobes of 
the anther; the fruit Is nut-like, 1-celled, and 1-seeded. 
11. vulgarit, the mare's-tail or bottle-brush, grows in pools 
and marshes throughout the temperate and cold regions 
of the globe. It is an erect herb, with crowded whorlB 
of narrow hair-like leaves (whence the name), and in- 
conspicuous flowers, which are also whorled. It has as- 
tringent properties, and is popularly used in diarrhea and 
hemorrhage. 
2. In zoiil., a genus of fishes. Klein, 1749. 
3. [1. c.] In anat., the leash of nerves in which 
the spinal cord ends; the cauda equina, or 
horsetail. 
hippurite (hip'u-rit), n. and a. [< NL. Hippu- 
rites, q. v.] I. . 1. A specimen or species 
of the family Hippuritida:; one of the Budistes ; 
a horsetail. Hippurites were formerly classed 
. _ J T A. 111 il_ 1 1 Ti _ . 
Bcar's-paw Clam {Hipfoplts tnaculatHS). 
dacna itself, having closed valves, two cardinal 
teeth, and a small byssus. H. maculatus of the 
Indian ocean is known as the bear's-paw clam. 
Martini, 1773; Lamarck, 1799. 2. A genus of 
_^i-_i... ii.. mjggpeiied Hippopas. " " 
, sandal. J 
by Lamarck and Latreillewithbelemmtes, etc., 
as being cephalopods. 2. A kind of fossil cup- 
coral, Cyatho/ihylliim ceratitcs of Goldfuss. 
II. a. 1. Pertaining to or having the charac- 
ters of the Hippuritida!. 2. Same as hippu- 
n. [< Gr. iJTTror, 
See the extract. 
There are, however, some singular articles termed hip- 
po-sandali, the use of which appears doubtful, but which 
were either attached to the horses' feet, or to a primitive 
kind of cart without wheels. 
Jour. o/Anthrup. Imt., XVIII. 202. 
subfamily of Hippopotamid^ distinguished ' n r Eorse, + oTroyym. mro-yyof, a sponge : see ritic. 
from Chaempsince by the depression of the skull sponge.] Tne genus of horny or fibrous sponges Hippurites (hip-u-ri'tez), n. [NL.,< Gr. lirwov- 
pif, horse-tailed (see Bippuris), + -ites.] 1. 
The typical genus of Hippuritida;. Lamarck, 
1801. 2. In bot., a generic name given by 
Lindley and Button (1833-5) to remains of a 
fossil plant found in the coal-measures of Eng- 
land. The name Hippurites was given to it because (as 
the authors of the genus remark) it resembles Hijipurit 
....... ..^___. ___ ... 
nopotamug + -tuel.] Of or pertaining to the hipposteology (hi-pos-te-ol'6-ji 
hippopotamus; having the characters of the irof, horse, + E. osteology.] 'Tl 
which contains the common bath-sponge or 
horse-sponge, H. equina. It Is characterized by the 
thinness of its fibers and the labyrinthlc character of the 
choanosome, in consequence of which the chief fibers 
have no regular radiate arrangement 
[< Gr. (7T- 
'he osteology of 
the horse. 
Hippopotamido!. 
Hippopotamoidea (hip-o-pot-a-moi'de-a), n. pi. hippotamet, n . [ME. corruptly ipotayne; < OF. 
k ^ Hippopotamus + -oidea.] Ajraperfam- hippotame = Olt. ippotamo, < L. hippopotamus, 
"as much as it can be said to resemble anything now liv- 
ing." In accordance with the latest Investigations, Hip- 
purites is united with Calamocladm, a genus of the Equi- 
ily of mammals, containing only the Hippopota- a hippopotamus: see hippopotamus.] A hip- v "f taeea> :. . 
MtVte. T.N.GM,1872. popotamus hippuritic (hip-u-nt'ik), a. [< hippurite + 
hippopotamus (hip-o-pot'a-mus), n. ; pi. hip- tn that Contree ben many Ipotayna, that dwellen som- ^ST^L to h'PP"^.? 8 .; abounding in, < 
l>opotamuscs, hippopotami (-ez, -ml). [In ear- 
lier form contr. hippotame, q. v. ; = P. hippo- 
potame = Sp. hipopotamo = Pg. hippopotamo 
= It. ippopotamo, < L. hippopotamus, ( Gr. imro- 
tyme in the Watre, and somtyme on the Lend ; and thel 
ben half Man and half Hors, as I have seyd before ; and 
the! eten men, whan the! may take hem. 
f, a river-horse, an irreg. formation aris- 
ing from the earlier phrase name 
-ic.] 
D , char- 
acterized by, or containing hippurites, as cer- 
tain cretaceous formations. 
Hippuritic limestone had not been noticed on the east- 
ern frontier. Encye. Brit., XVIII. 622. 
where Trorduiofis an adj. (< KOTO^C,, river), qual- 
ifying lirirof, horse. Another name was o ia-Trof 
roii Nei'/W, 'the horse of the Nile.'] 1. An om- 
nivorous ungulate pachydermatous mammal 
of the genus Hippopotamus or family Hippopo- 
f, horse, + 
tamido!. 
river-horse, H. amphibius. It has a thick and squ 
head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and 
heavy body, short legs terminated by four toes, a short tail 
a (supposed) 
tiger.] 
:ind of tiger, < mirof, borse, + 
/f-->, B "-j 1- A classic name of the ass, 
.^XtS-T^'afhfcKd^ire <? th "trip* on the back and withers.- 
2. [cap.] [NL.] A genus of stnped African 
equids, containing the zebra, dauw, and quag- 
ga. Hamilton Smith. 
hippotomical (hip-o-tom'i-kal), . [< hippot- 
omy + -ic-al.] Pertaining to hippotomy. 
hippptomist (hi-pot'o-mist), . [< hippotomy 
Hippopotamus ampkicius. 
two teats, skin about two inches thick on the back and 
sides, and no hair except at the extremity of the tail. 
The incisors and canines of the lower jaw are of great 
size and strength, the canines or tusks being long and 
curved forward. These tusks sometimes reach the length 
of two feet and more, and weigh upward of six pounds. 
, 
It Is chiefly on account of the tusks and teeth that the ani- hjpp'urate (hlp'fl-rat), w. 
mal is killed, they being superior in hardness to ivory and 
less liable to turn yellow. This hippopotamus inhabits 
nearly the whole of Africa; its flesh Is eaten by the i 
Mandemlle, Travels, p. 268. 
The hippotame that like an horse doth neigh. 
John Denni/s (Arber s Eng. Garner, I. 166). hlppuntld (hl-pu ri-tld), . A bivalve mollusk 
Hippotherium(hip-6-the'ri-um),. [NL.XGr. ".* the t a !" ilv Bippuntida;. 
' MOV', a wild beast.] Agenusof Hlppuritldae (hip-u-nt'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
i synonym of Htpparion. Kaup. ^l>P rttes + -idw.] A family of fossil bivalve 
mollusks, of the order Budistes, named from 
the genus Hippurites; the hippurites or horse- 
tails. As generally accepted, it includes all the species 
of the order. They have shells with very unequal valves, 
fixed by one valve, and composed of two layers ; the free 
valve has an internal layer perforated by canals, and an 
outer porous one ; the attached valve has an internal lacu- 
nar layer and an outer layer grooved with vascular im- 
pressions. The species are characteristic of the Creta- 
ceous epoch, and exhibit considerable diversity. The 
family is also limited by Borne to the genus Hippurites 
_,., x x--- r /, L . ... r j,~.,,y and closely related forms. 
+ -ist.] One who dissects horses, or is versed hippuntpid (hi-pu'ri-toid), a. Pertaining to or 
in the anatomy of the horse. resembling the Hippuritida;. 
hippotomy (hi-pot'o-mi), n. [< Gr. Innac, a hippus(hip'us), n. [NL.,<Gr. OTTTOC (m. andf.), 
horse, + rout/, a cutting.] The dissection of ^ la ^- "( = L- equus = AS. eoh, etc., a horse: 
horses; the anatomy of the horse. see -Egttas.] In pathol., an affection of the 
Hippotraginae (hip"o-tra-ji'ne), n.pl. [NL., < ^y es ! clonic spasm of the iris. 
Hippotragus + -ina;.] A subfamily of equine hip-rafter (hip 'rafter), n. Same as angle- 
antelopes, of which the genus Hippotragus is rafter. See 7iipl, 4 Back of a hip-rafter. See 
the type. 
Hippotragus (hi-ppt'ra-gus), 
ijTTrof, horse, + rpdyof, goat.] __ 
telopes, typical of the subfamily Hippotragina;, 
containing the African equine and sable ante- 
lopes, H. equinus and H. niger: synonymous 
with JEgocerus, 2. The addax is sometimes 
misplaced in this genus. Sundevall. 
Hipp's chronoscope. See chronoscope. 
A compound formed by the union of hippuric 
acid with a base. 
n TNL < Gr hip-roof (hip'rof), n. A roof the ends of which 
A eenus of an' rlse immediately from the wall-plates with the 
same inclination to the horizon as its other 
two sides. Also called hipped roof. See cut on 
following page. 
hip-rose (hip'roz), . Same as hip-brier. 
hip-shot (hip'shot), a. Having the hip dislo- 
cated or shot out of place ; hence, figuratively, 
lame ; awkward. 
Why do you go nodding and waggling so like a fool, as 
if you were hip-shot ! says the goose to the gosling. 
Sir R. L' Estrange. 
[< hippur-ic+ -ate' 1 .] 
the unic 
