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aters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats. Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.

One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolæma.

Shaped like a horseshoe.

A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] Spenser.

A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.

A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.

The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

Eaters of horseflesh.

Hippophagy. Lowell.

One who eats horseflesh.

Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.

One who loves horses. Holmes.

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called al…

Anatomy of the horse.

Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid. Hippuric acid, a white crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present in the urine of herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in human urine. By the action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.

A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks.

Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.

The state or office of an abbot.