Hoplegnathus 
HoflefnalHiis /asciattts. 
exposed naked jaws, which somewhat resemble 
the margin of a hoof. 
Hoplia (hop' li -a), n. [NL. (Illiger, 1803), < 
Gr. OJT/O, arms: see ho/iHte.] A large genus 
of scarabseoid bee- 
tles, typical of the 
family HopUidai, hav- 
ing the last abdomi- 
nal segment very 
short and the pygi- 
dium vertical in both 
sexes. There are 
more than 100 spe- 
cies, of all parts of 
the world; 12 are 
North American. 
Hpplichthyidae (hop- 
lik-thi'i-de), n. pi. 
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hoplonemertine (hop"lo-ne-mer'tin), ii. and . 
Same as hoplonemertetut. 
Hoplonemertini (hop-lo-uem-er-ti'ni), n. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. iyxtn, arms, armor, + NL. ,\>r- 
//'/, q. v.] Same as Hophnn mi it, n. 
Hoplophoridae (hop-lo-for'i-de). n. pi. [NL., 
< Hoptophorvs + -rfn>.] A family of fossil ar- 
madillos of South America, named from the 
genus Hoplophomt: the glyptodons: same as 
(llj/iitiiilontiila', 1. See cut under Glyptodon. 
Hoplophorus (hop-lof'o-rus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
ffiMjtpot, bearing arms, armed, < o7r?.o, arms, 
armor, + -ipopof, < ifiepciv = E. bear*.'] 1. A ge- 
nus of crustaceans. Also written Oplophorux. 
Milne-Edwards, 1837. 2. The typical genus of 
Hoplophorida!. Several species are described from the 
Pleistocene of South America, as H. eiiphractua, H. orna- 
tus. Lund, 1839. 
hopping 
He heng an hoper on his bac in stude of a scrippe, 
A busschel of bred-corn he bringeth ther-inne. 
Piern Plowman (A), vii. .".7. 
5. A boat having a compartment with a mova- 
ble bottom, to receive the mud or gravel from 
a dredging-machine and convey it to deep wa- 
ter, where, on opening the bottom, the mud or 
gravel falls out. Also called hopper-barge. 
6. Same as lwpj>er-r<i r . 
Of the fifty-seven happen thrown over Opequan bridge, 
one-half can be put into suitable order again. 
A. I'm* Trillin,,', June 10,181)2. 
7. In a double-action pianoforte movement, a 
piece attached to the back of a key to raise the 
hammer. It permits the key to* escape from the ham- 
mer after having impelled it, so that the hammer can 
immediately fall away from the string. Also called <//*- 
. 8. Same as hoppet, 3. 
Hoplopidae (hop-lop'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Hop- hopper 2 (hop'er), n. [< hop'*, r. ., 
lopug + -iVto.] A family of jnites, typified by A hop-picker. 
-(/!.] 1. 
Hoplia tnucorett. 
( Line shows natural size. ) 
-idee.'] A family of 
fishes, represented by 
the genus Hoplich- 
tltj/s. The body and head 
are much depressed, a sin- 
gle dorsal row and on each 
side a lateral row of large 
plates are developed, the 
body is bony, and the in- 
teroperculum is reduced 
and separated from the 
other opercular bones. The only known species, Hoplkh- 
thys langsdorffi, is an inhabitant of the Japanese seas. 
Hoplichthys (hop-lik'this), n. [NL.,< Gr. OTT/MV, 
a large shield, + **0i''f, a fish.] Agenus of fishes, 
representing the family Hopllchthyidte. Also 
written Oplichthys. 
Hopliidae (hop-li'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Hoplia 
+ -iffce.] A family of the melolonthid group of 
searabfeoid beetles, proposed by Burmeister in 
1844, but not generally adopted. 
hoplite (hop'lit), n. [< L. lioi>litea, < Gr. CTTA/TI^, 
a heavy-armed 
foot-soldier, < 
OTT/OV, lit. an im- 
plement or tool, 
pi. imAa, imple- 
ments of war, 
arms and ar- 
mor.] In Gr. 
(intiq., a heavy- 
armed foot-sol- 
dier, armed with 
helmet, cuirass 
or thorax, and 
greaves, and 
bearing a large 
shield, and, 
as weapons, a 
sword, one or more spears or javelins, and some- 
times a battle-ax. 
Hoplocephalus (hop-lo-sef'a-lus), n. [NL., < 
Gr. SirAov, a large shield, + 'im^aUj, head.] An 
Australian genus of venomous serpents, of the 
family Elapidat, having smooth scales in from 
15 to 21 rows, entire subcaudal scutes, and no 
distinct neck. They are viviparous, very poisonous, 
and when irritated spread the neck to some extent like a 
cobra. H. superbui is an example. G. Cuvier, 1829. 
Hoplonemertea (hop'lo-ne-mer'te-a), n. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. ow'/jj, arms, armor, + NL.' Remertea, 
q. v.] A division of nemertean worms, cor- 
related with Schizonemertea and Palieonemertea, 
containing those in which the mouth is in front 
of the ganglia and the proboscis is armed with 
a stylet, as in Nemertes proper, Amphiporus, etc. 
Hubrecht. Same as TremacephaUdce (Kefer- 
stein). 
hoplonemertean (hop^lo-ne-mer'te-an), a. and 
. I. a. Pertaining to or having the characters 
of the Hoplonemertea. 
II. n. One of the Hoplonemertea. 
lloplite. Achilles and Troilus, from a cup 
by Eliphronius, about 480 B. C. 
the genus Hoplopux. Also Hoplopini. Canes- 
trini and Fanzago, 1877. 
hpplopleurid (hop-lo-pl8'rid), n. A fish of the 
family Hoplopleuridai. 
Hoplopleuridae (hop-lo-plo'ri-de), . pi. [NL., 
< Gr. OTT/IO, arms, armor, + ir/Uvpd, rib, + -idte.] 
A family of extinct Cretaeeous and early Ter- 
tiary fishes, with the body generally provided 
with four rows of subtriaugular scutes with in- 
termediate scale-like smaller ones, and the head 
long and wkh produced jaws. It includes the 
genera IJercetis, Leptotrachelas, Saurorhamphus, 
etc. Dercetidx is a synonym. 
Hoplopterus (hop-lop 'te-rus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
uTTtja, arms, armor, + irre/jov, a wing.] A genus 
of plovers having a horny spine on each wing ; 
the gpur-winged plovers. H. spinosus is an ex- 
ample. C. L. Bonaparte, 1831. 
Hoplopus (hop'lo-pus), n. [NL., < Gr. onvta, 
arms, armor, + iroiif (xoi-) = E. foot.'} In en- 
torn. : (a) A genus of scarabeeoid beetles : sy- 
nonymous with Anotnah. Samouelle, 1819. (6) 
A genus of wasps, of the family fMyneridte, with 
about 20 European species. Also, improperly, 
Oplopus. JTesmael, 1833. (c) In Araclinida, a 
genus of mites, typical of the family Hoplopida;, 
erected for the reception of the Calculus echi- 
nipes of Dufour when this mite was proved to 
possess eyes. Camstrini and Fanzayo, 1877. 
hop-marjoram (hop'mar*jo-ram), n. A small 
labiate plant, Origanum Dictdmnus, a native of 
Crete. 
hop-medick (hop'med'ik), n. Same as hop-tre- 
foil, 2. 
hop-mildew (hop'miFdu), n. A fungus, Splue- 
rotheca humuli, living upon the hop. 
hop-oil (hop'oil), n. An acrid oil obtained by 
pressure from the flower-heads of the hop, Sti- 
mulus Lupulus. 
hop-o'-my-thumb (hop'o-mi-thum'), n , [For 
hop on my thumb, early mod. E. hoppe upon my 
thombe (Palsgrave), meaning a person so small 
that he can hop or dance upon one's thumb.] 
A tiny dwarf : sometimes applied in derision to 
a diminutive person. 
He ... was always wild ever since he was a hop-o'-my 
thumb no higher than the window-locker. 
Hone's Eoery-day Book, II. B7. 
At the next station we drank large quantities of hot 
milk, flavored with butter, sugar, and cinnamon, and then 
pushed on, with another chubby hop-o'-my-thumb as guide 
and driver. B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 5s. 
hopper 1 (hop'er), , [< ME. hopper, hopcr, a 
mill-hopper, a seed-basket, a basket (not found 
in lit. sense), < AS. *hoppere, a dancer (a masc. 
form to hoppestre, a female dancer (see hoppe- 
stere), not found, and probably an invention of 
Somner's), < hoppian, hop: see hop 1 ."] 1. One 
who or that which hops. 
Here were a hopper to hop for the ring. 
J. Heywood, The Four P s. 
Specifically (a) A cheese-hopper. (6) A butterfly : same 
as skipper, (c) A grasshopper, (d) A saltatorial homop- 
terous insect ; a cercopid, in a broad sense : as, a troghop- 
per; a tree-hopper, (e) A saltatorial beetle; one of the 
Halticidce. (/) A seal of the second year. [Newfound- 
land.] (g\) A wild swan. Withak, Diet. (ed. 1608), p. 24. 
2. pi. A game in which the players hop or leap 
on one leg; hop-scotch. 3. A" trough, usually 
shaped like an inverted cone, through which 
grain or anything to be ground or crushed passes 
into a mill: so called because at one time it 
had a hopping or shaking motion. It is now 
stationary, and leads the grain to the shaking- 
shoe. 
The feed hopper of the thrashing-machine. 
Sci. Amer., N. S., LV. 28. 
4. A tray or basket in which a sower carries 
seed; a seed-basket. 
Many of these hoppers are Irish, but many come from 
London. Dickens, Uncommercial Traveller, xi. 
2. Iii lirt'iriiii/, a vat in which the infusion of 
hops is prepared to be added to the wort. 
hopper-boy (hop'er-boi), 11. A rake moving in 
a circle, used in mills to draw the meal over an 
opening in the floor, through which it falls. 
hopper-cake (hop'er-kak), n. [Cf. hockey-cake.] 
A seed-cake with plums on it, with which farm- 
ers treat their servants when seed-time is fin- 
ished. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
hopper-car (hop'er-kar), . On railroads, a 
car for carrying coal, gravel, etc., in form re- 
sembling the hopper of a mill. Also hopper. 
hopper-closet (hop'er-kloz'et), . A water- 
closet having a pan standing above a trap and 
kept clean by flushing. 
hopper-hippedt (hop'er-hipt), a. Lame in the 
hip. 
She is bow-legged, hopper -hipped. 
Wycherley, Love in a Wood, IL 1. 
hopper-hood (hop'er-hud), n. A hooded seal 
in its second year; a bedlamer. 
hop-pest (hop'pest), . An insect specially in- 
jurious to hops. 
hoppesteret, . [ME., mod. E. as if "hopster, 
lit. a danceress, < AS. hoppestre, a danceress, a 
female dancer, < hoppian, hop, dance, + -stre, 
fern, suffix, E. -.().] A woman who dances. 
Yet sawgh I brent the schippes hoppeslereg, 
The hunte strangled with the wilde beres. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1159. 
(That is, literally, 'Further I saw burnt the dancing ships, 
the hunter strangled by the wild bears.' The true expla- 
nation appeal's on comparing the original bellatricen ca- 
rinae (Statius, Thebaid, vii. 57), lit. ' warlike ships,' bella- 
trices being misread as 'ballatricfx, tern, of LL. ballator, 
a dancer (> Sp. Pg. bailador, a dancer : see bayadere), < 
ballare, dance: see laid.} 
hoppet (hop'et), v. . [< ME. 'hoppeten, < AS. 
lu>ppetan,hO}>: see hop*, t>.] To hop. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
hoppet (hop'et), n. [A variation of hopper*, 
n., after hoppet, r.] 1. A hand-basket. 2. 
In mining, the dish used by miners to measure 
ore in. 3. In glass-making, a conical vessel 
suspended from the ceiling, containing sand 
and water for the use of the cutter: sometimes 
called a hopper, from its resemblance to the 
hopper of a mill. 4. An infant in arms. 
[Yorkshire, Eng.] 
hop-picker (hop'pik'er), it. 1. One who picks 
hops. 2. A contrivance for picking hops; 
specifically, a combined mill and cleaning-ma- 
chine for stripping hops from the vines, sorting 
them, and freeing the catkins from the leaves 
and stems. 
hop-pillow (hop'pil'6), n. A pillow stuffed 
with hops, considered to be a soporific. 
hopping! (hop'iug), n. [Verbal n. of hop*, i:J 
1 . The act of one who hops or dances. Specifi- 
cally 2. A dance; a hop; a country fair or 
wake at which dancing is a principal amuse- 
ment. [Prov. Eng.] 
Men made song and hopi^tgeg, 
Ogain the come of this kinges. 
Arthour and Merlin, p. 132. (Haiti-well.) 
Formerly, on the Sunday after the Enccenia, or Feast of 
the Dedication of the Church, it was usual for ... the 
Inhabitants of the Village ... to go to Feasting and 
Sporting, which they continued for two or three Days. In 
the northern parts, the Sunday's Feasting is almost lost, 
and they observe only one day for the whole, which among 
them Is called hopping, I suppose from the dancing and 
other exercises then practised. 
Bourne, Antiquitates Vulgares, xxx. 
3. A game of prison-bars, in which the players 
hop throughout the game. [Prov. Eng.] 
hopping 2 (hop'ing), n. [< hop* + -ing.] The 
act or occupation of picking hops from the- 
vines; hop-picking. 
