Hippocrepian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hippocrepian \Hip"po*crep"i*an\, n. [See {Hippocrepiform}.]
     (Zool.)
     One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the
     tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See
     {Phylactol[ae]ma}.
     [1913 Webster]