hippuritIdæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. hippurit (es); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff-idæ.] Palæont : A family of mollusca, cla Conch if era, section Siphonida. Shell thick, inequivalve, attached by the right umbo; structure and sculpturing of the two valves di imilar; the ligament internal; hinge teeth one or two adductor impre ions, two large; the pallial line simple submar ginal. Found in the Cretaceous rocks. known genera, Hippurites, Radio lites, . hip-pus, s. [Gr. hippos =a horse.] Path .: A morbid trembling and twinkling of the eyes. hip-shot, a. [Eng. hip, and shot.] 1. Lit .: Having the hip dislocated or sprained. ""Why do you go nodding and wagging so like a fool, as if you were hipshot ! ' says the goose to the gosling."L'Estrange. *2. Fig .: Lame, awkward. hip-wõrt, s. [Eng. hip, and wort.] Bot.: Cotyledon umbilicus .