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<note>&hand; They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called <i>hippocampus major</i> or simply <i>hippocampus</i>. The smaller, <i>hippocampus minor</i>, is called also <altname>ergot</altname> and <altname>calcar</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hippocentaur</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip`po*cen"taur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hippocentaurus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ horse + <?/ centaur.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Centaur</er>.</def>

<h1>Hippocras</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip"po*cras</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hippocras</ets>, <ets>hypocras</ets>, NL. vinum <ets>hippocraticum</ets>, lit., wine of Hippocrates.]</ety> <def>A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.</def>

<h1>Hippocrates</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip*poc"ra*tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 <sc>B. C.</sc></def>

<cs><col>Hippocrates' sleeve</col>, <cd>a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hippocratic</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip"po*crat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.</def>

<cs><col>Hippocratic face</col> <ety>[L. <ets>facies Hippocratica<ets>]</ety>, <cd>the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the skin of the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid, the lips pendent, relaxed, and cold; -- so called, as having been described by Hippocrates. <i>Dunglison</i>.</cd> -- <col>Hippocratic oath</col>, <cd>an oath said to have been dictated by Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hippocratism</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip*poc"ra*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.</def>

<h1>Hippocrene</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip"po*crene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ horse + <?/ a fountain.]</ety> <def>A fountain on Mount Helicon in B\'d2otia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.</def>

<i>Keats.</i>

<blockquote>Nor maddening draughts of <b>Hippocrene</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hippocrepian</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip"po*crep"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hippocrepiform</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See <er>Phylactol\'91ma</er>.</def>

<h1>Hippocrepiform</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip`po*crep`i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ horse + <?/ shoe + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a horseshoe.</def>

<h1>Hippodame</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip"po*dame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hippopotame</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fabulous sea monster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hippodrome</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hip"po*drome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hippodromos</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ horse + <?/ course, fr. <?/ to run: cf. F. <ets>hippodrome</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.</def>