hippo-, hipp-
(Greek: horse)
hippocentauric
1. Of the nature of a hippocentaur.
2. A reference to a hippocentaur.
2. A reference to a hippocentaur.
hippocoprosterol
hippocrepian
Horseshoe-shaped.
hippocrepiform
Shaped like a horseshoe.
hippodamist
1. A horse tamer.
2. A city planner (from Hippodamus, a fifth-century Greek architect, who planned the first Greek city.
2. A city planner (from Hippodamus, a fifth-century Greek architect, who planned the first Greek city.
hippodrome
1. An open-air stadium in ancient Greece, or Rome, with an oval track that was used for horse or chariot racing.
2. An arena for equestrian events.
2. An arena for equestrian events.
hippodromist
A trainer, driver of a horse chariot, or rider of a horse in a circus.
hippogastronomy
The art of cooking and eating horseflesh.
Hippoglossus
hippogriff, hippogryph
A mythological beast with the wings, head, and claws of a griffin (head and wings of an eagle), and the hoofs and tail of a horse.
hippogriffin
A mythological creature, like a griffin, but with the body and hind-quarters resembling those of a horse.
hippoid
Equine; of, like, or referring to horses.
A place with a large expanse of glass windows where special therapeutic treatment is provided for horses by means of exposure to sunlight: "At intervals during the performing season, the show horses were taken to the hippolarium for a sun bath."
hippolith
A calculus or bezoar (concretion found in the stomach or intestine) found in the stomach of a horse.
hippologist
A specialist in hippology or the study of horses.
Related horse-word units: caval-; equ-, equi-.
