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Definition of Hippos
1. hippo [n] - See also: hippo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippos
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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