Definition of Hippos

1. Noun. (plural of hippo) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hippos

1. hippo [n] - See also: hippo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippos

hippophagous
hippophagy
hippophile
hippophiles
hippophobia
hippopotami
hippopotamid
hippopotamids
hippopotamoid
hippopotamus
hippopotamuses
hippopotamuslike
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
hippos (current term)
hipposiderid
hipposiderids
hippotamus
hippotigrine
hippotomy
hippurate
hippurates
hippuria
hippuric
hippuric acid
hippuricase
hippurite
hippurites
hippuryl-L-lysine hydrolase

Literary usage of Hippos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology by Jacob Bryant (1807)
"... hippos alluded to in the early mythology was certainly a float or * ship, the same as the Ceto : for in the first place the Ceto was denominated hippos ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"From the Haslar Collection. p. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. g,-*. Young. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 59. Caranx hippos. ..."

3. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1883)
"The proper type of Carom is Scomber caranga» Bloch — Scomber hippos L. The word Carom (Carangue) is a corruption of the Portuguese name ..."

4. The Land of Gilead, with Excursions in the Lebanon by Laurence Oliphant (1880)
"... THE ANCIENT APHEK AND hippos—THE COMING OF ANTICHRIST, AND END OF THE WORLD, ... of which we have any record were hippos, Gamala, Bethsaida, Seleucia, ..."

5. East of the Jordan: A Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of by Selah Merrill (1881)
"This shows, perhaps, that the jurisdiction of Gadara and hippos extended to the southern end of the lake. hippos gave its name to a district ..."

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