hippo-, hipp-

(Greek: horse)

hippocentauric
1. Of the nature of 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.
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.
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.
hippolarium, hipposolarium (s) (noun); hippolaria, hipposolaria (pl)
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-.