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hippocephalic

hippocephalic adjective: having a head shaped like that of a horse.

Adjective

hippocephalic

  1. Having a head shaped like that of a horse.
    • The slant-eyed man was small, but the great hippocephalic bird was there to see he was obeyed.1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath

Origin of hippocephalic

From hippo- + cephalic.

Questions about hippocephalic

What does hippocephalic mean?
Hippocephalic means having a head shaped like that of a horse.
What part of speech is hippocephalic?
Hippocephalic is an adjective.

Words near hippocephalic in the dictionary

  1. hippocampuses
  2. hippocaust
  3. hippocausts
  4. hippocentaur
  5. hippocentaurs
  6. hippocephalic
  7. hippocoprosterol
  8. hippocras
  9. hippocrateaceous
  10. Hippocrates
  11. Hippocrates sleeve

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