hippopotamoidadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpəˈpɑdəmɔɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippopotamus n., -oid suffix.

Etymology: < hippopotamus n. + -oid suffix. With use as noun compare earlier hippopotamid n.

A. adj.

Designating the family Hippopotamidae or a mammal of this family; of or relating to this family. Also more generally: resembling a hippopotamus or that of a hippopotamus.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [adjective] > resembling hippo

hippopotamoid1845

hippopotamian1864

hippopotamine1911

1845 R. Owen Odontography I. i. xii. 563 The Hippohyus equalled in size the Chæropotamus; but exhibits as strong a tendency towards the Hippopotamoid family as that does towards the plantigrade Carnivora.

1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles 56 The heavy hippopotamoid Zabrus gibbus, whose broad, convex, black carcase may sometimes..be found trodden on, in the paths of cornfields.

1876 Rec. Geol. Surv. India 9 148 Hyopotamus (another Hippopotamoid genus, showing Ruminant affinities in the form of its molar teeth).

1915 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 9 196 There are a number of features in Promerycochcerus which are hippopotamoid.

1940 Chester (Pa.) Times 20 June 6/2 The hippopotamoid lethargy of Senator Taft.

1992 Times (Nexis) 6 May The media and fashion industries..try to brainwash the female mind into believing that any female frame larger than a size 8 is obese and obscene, hippopotamoid and hideous.

2007 R. G. B. Reid Biol. Emergences viii. 315 The persistent striving of the hippopotamoid ancestor of whales to swim out of its depth.

B. n. Now rare.

Any of the living and extinct mammals of the family Hippopotamidae.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae

hippopotamid1864

hippopotamoid1876

1876 Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 172 The specimen exhibited is a portion of the lower jaw of this Hippopotamoid.

1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 125 We have lately been taught by our rulers that a live hippopotamoid is merchandise.

2010 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107 11875/1 Still, the earliest hippopotamoid..postdates the earliest archaeocete by 15 Ma.

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

单词	hippopotamoid
释义	hippopotamoidadj.n. Brit. /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌhɪpəˈpɑdəmɔɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippopotamus n., -oid suffix. Etymology: < hippopotamus n. + -oid suffix. With use as noun compare earlier hippopotamid n. A. adj. Designating the family Hippopotamidae or a mammal of this family; of or relating to this family. Also more generally: resembling a hippopotamus or that of a hippopotamus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [adjective] > resembling hippo hippopotamoid1845 hippopotamian1864 hippopotamine1911 1845 R. Owen Odontography I. i. xii. 563 The Hippohyus equalled in size the Chæropotamus; but exhibits as strong a tendency towards the Hippopotamoid family as that does towards the plantigrade Carnivora. 1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles 56 The heavy hippopotamoid Zabrus gibbus, whose broad, convex, black carcase may sometimes..be found trodden on, in the paths of cornfields. 1876 Rec. Geol. Surv. India 9 148 Hyopotamus (another Hippopotamoid genus, showing Ruminant affinities in the form of its molar teeth). 1915 Ann. Carnegie Mus. 9 196 There are a number of features in Promerycochcerus which are hippopotamoid. 1940 Chester (Pa.) Times 20 June 6/2 The hippopotamoid lethargy of Senator Taft. 1992 Times (Nexis) 6 May The media and fashion industries..try to brainwash the female mind into believing that any female frame larger than a size 8 is obese and obscene, hippopotamoid and hideous. 2007 R. G. B. Reid Biol. Emergences viii. 315 The persistent striving of the hippopotamoid ancestor of whales to swim out of its depth. B. n. Now rare. Any of the living and extinct mammals of the family Hippopotamidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae hippopotamid1864 hippopotamoid1876 1876 Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 172 The specimen exhibited is a portion of the lower jaw of this Hippopotamoid. 1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 125 We have lately been taught by our rulers that a live hippopotamoid is merchandise. 2010 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107 11875/1 Still, the earliest hippopotamoid..postdates the earliest archaeocete by 15 Ma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1845
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