Hip"halt` (?), a. Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower.
{ Hip"pa (?), Hip"pe (?), } n. (Zoˆl.) A genus of marine decapod
crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves
backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
||Hip*pa"ri*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a pony, dim. of &?; a horse.]
||(Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse,
||but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side
||of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral
||genera of the Horse family.
{ Hipped (?), Hip"pish (?), } a. [From 5th Hip.] Somewhat
hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.]
When we are hipped or in high spirits.
R. L. Stevenson.
||Hip`po*bos"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + &?; to feed.]
||(Zoˆl.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse
||tick. -- Hip`po*bos"can (#), a.
Hip"po*camp (?), n. See Hippocampus.
Hip`po*cam"pal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
Hip`po*cam"pus (?), n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. &?; a hippocampus (in
senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + &?; to bend.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A
fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to
the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen
in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.
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2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which
the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called
also sea horse.
They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by
means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in
which it carries the eggs till hatched.
3. (Zoˆl.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in
each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus
major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called
also ergot and calcar.
Hip`po*cen"taur (?), n. [L. hippocentaurus, Gr. &?;; "i`ppos horse +
&?; centaur.] (Myth.) Same as Centaur.
Hip"po*cras (?), n. [F. hippocras, hypocras, NL. vinum hippocraticum,
lit., wine of Hippocrates.] A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
Hip*poc"ra*tes (?), n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer,
born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two
adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.
Hip"po*crat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his
teachings.
Hippocratic face [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the
countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations,
excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk,
the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the
forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent,
relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described by
Hippocrates. Dunglison. -- Hippocratic oath, an oath said to have been
dictated by Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still
administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.
Hip*poc"ra*tism (?), n. The medical philosophy or system of
Hippocrates.
Hip"po*crene (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; "i`ppos horse + &?; a fountain.]
A fountain on Mount Helicon in Búotia, fabled to have burst forth when
the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which
were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats.
Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene.
Longfellow.
Hip"po*crep"i*an (?), n. [See Hippocrepiform.] (Zoˆl.) One of an order
of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore,
shaped like a horseshoe. See PhylactolÊma.
Hip`po*crep`i*form (?), a. [Gr. "i`ppos horse + &?; shoe + -form.]
(Bot.) Shaped like a horseshoe.
Hip"po*dame (?), n. [Cf. F. hippopotame.] A fabulous sea monster.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Hip"po*drome (?), n. [L. hippodromos, Gr. &?;; "i`ppos horse + &?;
course, fr. &?; to run: cf. F. hippodrome.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A place set
apart for equestrian and chariot races.