hippocephalic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) English hippo- English cephalic English hippocephalic From hippo- + cephalic.
Meanings
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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: