hippus

¹

[hip-uhs]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. spasmodic contraction of the pupil of the eye.

-hippus

²

1. variant of hippo- as final element of compounds.

   eohippus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hippus¹

1675–85; < New Latin < Greek híppos horse, complaint of the eye

Origin of hippus²

< Latin < Greek -hippos

Example Sentences

Hippus, hip′us, n. clonic spasm of the iris.

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But, as will be noticed, the pedigree given by Professor Huxley consists almost entirely of American animals, to which category belong all whose names terminate in -hippus, and these cannot with any reason be assigned as progenitors to the European horse.

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Hippus, the Tyrian, is said to have first devised caracks, and onerary vessels of prodigious bulk for traffic or offence.

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"Your business hours, you young gosling, with your shell still hanging about you!" cried Hippus, still more irate, and threw himself on the sofa.

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Mr. Hippus took the heavy deed under his arm and steered toward the door.

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