hypsiprymnus

[Gr. hypsiprymnos =with a high stern: hyps i =high, and prymna =the stern; the hindermost part of anything.] Zool .: A genus of marsupials, section Poephaga. The genus contains the Kangaroo-rats or Potoroos. [KANGAROO-RAT.] Hyp-sis-tär-I-anş, s. pl . [Gr. hypsistos = the highest; hyps i =high, aloft; Eng. pl. suff. -arians .] Ch. Hist . & Eccles .: A sect of heretics which ex isted in Cappadocia, in the fourth century; their leading principle was the recognition of God as the "Most High." Rejecting sacrifices, circumcision, pictures, and images, they observed the Jewish Sabbath and Jewish distinctions as to clean and unclean food, and, like the Magians, used fire and lights as symbols of the Deity. ( Blunt .) hyp-số-đăn, s. [Greek hyps i =high, and odous Palæont.: A fish with saurodont teeth, found in (gen it. odontos ) =a tooth.] the Cretaceous rocks, and the London clay.