hippoidadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhɪpɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˈhɪˌpɔɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἵππος , -oid suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + -oid suffix. Compare earlier anthropoid adj., anthropoid n.

Chiefly Zoology. Now rare.

A. adj.

Of or relating to a mammal of the family Equidae; (more generally) resembling a horse or that of a horse.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [adjective] > belonging to or like horse

horse-like1530

horsen1558

hacky1856

hippoid1877

1877 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 154 If we regard the dental system of Equus as an acceleration of the dental system of the primitive hippoid types,..a clear explanation is at once afforded of the homologies of the parts of the teeth.

1887 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 2 201 Marsh, Cope, and others have clearly proved a series of hippoid, horse-like creatures on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

1910 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 27 384 Upper molars more or less hippoid.

1931 S. S. Smith Craft of Critic viii. 137 The ‘hippoid’ types of long, horse-faced Norman gentry who act as a brake on the great industrialists.

B. n.

Any of various living or extinct mammals of the family Equidae; (more generally) an animal thought to resemble a horse.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > member of

hippoid1880

equine1883

equid1889

1880 Morning Post 17 Dec. 2/6 A primâ facie probability that this primordial hippoid had a low form of brain.

1911 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evolution 29 As colder, drier climate set in, and the forests shrank, the progressive ‘hippoids’ took more and more to the open.

1930 New Statesman 21 June 336/1 But James brought in the unicorn as I say: a Caledonian hippoid.

1947 P. Fireman Sound Thinking i. 5 Owing to their similarities, the zoologists place the horse, ass and zebra in one large group, the so-called genus ‘horse-tribe’ (Hippoids).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippoid
释义	hippoidadj.n. Brit. /ˈhɪpɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈhɪˌpɔɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἵππος , -oid suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἵππος horse (see hippo- comb. form) + -oid suffix. Compare earlier anthropoid adj., anthropoid n. Chiefly Zoology. Now rare. A. adj. Of or relating to a mammal of the family Equidae; (more generally) resembling a horse or that of a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [adjective] > belonging to or like horse horse-like1530 horsen1558 hacky1856 hippoid1877 1877 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 154 If we regard the dental system of Equus as an acceleration of the dental system of the primitive hippoid types,..a clear explanation is at once afforded of the homologies of the parts of the teeth. 1887 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 2 201 Marsh, Cope, and others have clearly proved a series of hippoid, horse-like creatures on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. 1910 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 27 384 Upper molars more or less hippoid. 1931 S. S. Smith Craft of Critic viii. 137 The ‘hippoid’ types of long, horse-faced Norman gentry who act as a brake on the great industrialists. B. n. Any of various living or extinct mammals of the family Equidae; (more generally) an animal thought to resemble a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > member of hippoid1880 equine1883 equid1889 1880 Morning Post 17 Dec. 2/6 A primâ facie probability that this primordial hippoid had a low form of brain. 1911 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evolution 29 As colder, drier climate set in, and the forests shrank, the progressive ‘hippoids’ took more and more to the open. 1930 New Statesman 21 June 336/1 But James brought in the unicorn as I say: a Caledonian hippoid. 1947 P. Fireman Sound Thinking i. 5 Owing to their similarities, the zoologists place the horse, ass and zebra in one large group, the so-called genus ‘horse-tribe’ (Hippoids). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1877
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