hippobosca

[Pref. hippo-, and Gr. boskõ = to feed.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family Hippo bos cide (q. v.). Hippobosca equina is the Forest fly, so troublesome to horses. hip-pô-bos'-çi-dæ, s. pl. [Modern Latin hippo bosc(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- idœ.] Entom.: Forest flies; a family of diptera, suborder Pupipara. The head is received into a cavity of the thorax, the antennæ rudimentary, the body short, flat, and very coriaceous; the wings are either very large or wanting, the legs are very strong, the last joint of the tarsi longish. Parasitic on various mammals and birds. hip-po-brō-ma, hip-po-brō'-mŭs, s. [Prefix hippo-, and Gr.broma =food.] Bot.: A genus of Sapindaceae, tribe Meliosmese. It consists of very poisonous plants, Hippobromus alatus , or H. alatum , commonly called Pardepis, is extensively used for timber at the Cape of Good Hope. ( Lindley .) hip-pô-cămp, *hyp-pô-cămp, s. [HIPPOCAMPUS. An Anglicized form of hippocampus (q. v.). "Guiding from rockes her chariot's hyppocamps." Browne: Britannias Pastorals , bk. ii., s. 1. hip-po-căm'-pal, a. [Lat. hippo camp ( us ), and Eng., ., suff. -al .] Of or belonging to the hippocampus major or minor (q. v.). hippocampal-commi ure, s. Anat .: A commi ure in the brain. It is at its lowest stage in reptiles. hip-pô-căm-pl-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. hippo camp ( us ) (q.v.); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] 1. Ichthy.: A family of Teleostean fishes, suborder Lophobranch i i. Type Hippocampus (q. v.). 2. Palæont.: The family commenced apparently with the Eocene. hip-pô-căm-pus, s . [Lat., from Gr. hippoсат pos =a sea-horse.] 1. Ichthy.: The typical genus of the family Hippo camp ide (q. v.). It has a snout bearing a curious resemblance to a horse's head. The eggs are hatched and the IMG:content-1181.jpg:[graphic] young are reared for a time within a marsupial sac. 2. Anat .: See the compounds. hippocampus-major, 8. IMG:content-1182.jpg:[graphic] Anat .: A large white eminence extending the whole length of the cornu in the cerebrum. It becomes en. larged toward its anterior and lower extremity, and is indented or notched on its edge, so as to resemble the paw of an animal, on which account it has been termed pes hippocampi. Named also Cornu Ammonis. Hippocampus Brevirostris. hippocampus-minor, s. Anat.: A curved and pointed longitudinal eminence on the inner side of the posterior cornu, pro jecting backward into the posterior lobe of the cerebrum. Its existence became known to the general public through a controversy whether or not the hippocampus minor was peculiar to in an, or whether it existed also in the anthropoid apes. Prof. (now Sir Richard) Owen took the first view and Prof. Huxley the second. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. hip-po-drome (1), s. [Gr. hippo dromos a race course for horses and chariots: hippos =a horse, and dromos a course, a running.] Originally a circus or course on which horses and chariot-races were run; now frequently applied to a circus. "I have planted an hippodrome ; it is a circular plan- tation, consisting of five walks."- Swift : Works , xiv. hip-po-drome (2), s . [Properly hypodrome , from Gr. hypodromë =an asylum: hypo =under, and dromos a course, a running.) An inclosed portico. At one end of the inclosed portico, and, indeed, taken off from it, is a chamber that looks upon the hippodrome , the vineyards, and the mountains connects the hippodrome with the house." -Melmoth : Pliny , bk. v., lett. 6. long, the two eyes on the right side, the jaws and pharynx armed with strong teeth. Hippo glo us vulgar is is the Halibut or Holibut (q. v.). hip-po-griff, s . [Fr. hippo griffe , from Gr. hippos =a horse, and gryps =a griffon.] A fabulous creat- ure, half horse and half griffon; a winged horse. "He caught him up, and without wing Of hippogriff , bore through the air sublime." Milton: P. R. , iv. 542. a stone.] A stone or chalky concretion found in hip-po-lith, s. [Gr. hippos a horse, and lithos the intestines or stomach of a horse. IMG:content-1183.png:[blocks in formation] lusks, family Calyptreide. About thirteen recent species are known from the warmer regions, and ten fo il, the latter from the Chalk until now. IMG:content-1184.png:[merged small][ocr errors] hip-poph-a-gi, s. pl . [Gr. hippos =a horse, and phage in to eat.] Eaters of horse-flesh; spec if. applied to certain nomadic tribes of Scythia and the north of the Caspian Sea, who fed on horse- flesh. hip-poph-a-gist, s . [Eng. hippophag ( y ); -ist .] One who eats or feeds on horse-flesh. hip-poph-a- -a-gy, s. s. [Gr. hippos =a horse, and phage in =to eat.] The act or practice of eating or feeding on horse-flesh. hip-pô-pô-di-ŭm, s . [Pref. hippo- , and Gr. pous (gen it. podos ) =a foot.] Zool .: A sub-genus of Myoconcha (?). It contains one species, Hippo podium ponderosum , looking like a ponderous cypricardia or cardia. m(us); fem.pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] 1. Zool .: A family of mammals, order Ungulata, section Artiodactyl a, sub-section Omnivora. Genera Hippopotamus and Chæropsis, if indeed the latter is more than a sub-genus. IMG:content-1185.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1186.png:[blocks in formation] hir-cŭs, s. [Lat.=a he-goat.] 1. Zool .: The specific name of the goat ( Capra hircus). alcohol; le soluble in ether. It melts over 130°, turning brown. By the action of KoMn2Os and caustic soda solution it is decomposed, giving off its nitrogen as ammonia. An aqueous solution of 2. Astronomy: A fixed star, the same as Capella hippuric acid, boiled with PbO2, yields benz amide (q.v.). C6H5 CO NH2 and CO2. Hippuric acid can be prepared synthetically by heating benzoyl chloride CH CO Cl with glycocoll CHO NH2COOH to 120°, zinc oxide being added to neutralize the HCl given out; also by heating to 150° equivalents of benz amide and mono chloracetic acid.