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( Zool.) See HALIBUT. Hip'pogriff, Hippogryph, n. [It. ippogrife, from Gr. hippos, horse, and gryps, griffin.] ( Myth.) A fabulous animal, represented as a winged horse, with the head of dragon or griffin. Hippol'yte, ( Myth .) a queen of the Amazons, given in marriage to These us by Hercules, who had conquered her, and taken away her girdle by order of Eurystheus. She had a son by These us, called Hippolytus. Hippolytus, ( Myth . ) a son of These us and Hippolyte, famous for his continence. His step-mother, Phædra, fell in love with him, and when he refused to pollute his father's bed, she accused him of offering violence to her person before These us, who, believing the accusation, entreated Neptune to punish his son. H. fled from the resentment of his father, and, as he pursued his way along the seashore, his horses were so frightened at the noise of sea-calves, which Neptune had purposely sent there, that they ran about the rocks till his chariot was broken, and his body torn to pieces. Upon this myth, Euripi des founded his play entitled Hippolytus . Hippolytus, (St.,) bishop of Portus, ( Romæ ,) near Ostea, and a father of the Church, flourished in the 3d century; was chiefly remarkable as the presumed author of a work on Heresies , hitherto attributed to Origen. The Chevalier Bunsen, a few years since, wrote a work called "Hippolytus," in which, while giving the arguments on both sides, he pronounced himself an advocate for the claims of Hippolytus to the authorship of the work in question. Lived during the 3d century. Hip'pomane, n . ( Bot . ) A gen. of plants, ord. Euphorbiacer. The species H. mancinella is the famous Manchineel-tree, which is a erted to be so poisonous that persons have died from merely sleeping in its shade. It flourishes in the Antilles and on the American continent, near the sea, and forms a very handsome tree, with foliage not unlike that of the pear-tree. The juice which fills the tree is of a pure white color, and when dropped on the hand it burns like fire, forming an ulcer very difficult to heal. Seamen state, that if sea-water be applied to the eyes when affected by the poison, it allays the inflammation in an effectual manner. The fruit, which resembles a very beautiful apple in appearance, contains a similar juice, but of a milder character. The burning of the lips immediately warn those who bite it of the danger of eating it. The timber is beautifully variegated, and susceptible of a high polish. It takes its name from the Gr. hippos , a horse, manomai , I rage. Hippo'na, ( Myth .) a godde who presided over horses. Her statues were placed in horses' stables. Hip'ponyx, n. [Gr. hippos , a horse, and onyx, a claw.] (Zool.) A genus of Molluscous animals, of which there are numerous species, though until lately only known in a fo il state. The shell is obliquely cap shaped; inequivalve, and destitute of ligament and hinge teeth; lower valve attached with a muscular impre ion composed of two lunulate portions meeting at one extremity, and presenting the form of a horse-shoe; upper valve conical, with the apex inclined backwards, and the muscular impre ion marginal. These animals are generally, but not always, supported on a solid shelly plate.