reverse-curved

Updated: May 1, 2025

With the heavy jowl hidden; and the prominent nostrils, the long reverse-curved nose, the wide eyes, and the little pointed ears alone visible, they resembled more than a little that sort of conventionalized and noble charger seen on the frieze of the Parthenon, or in the prancy paintings of the Renaissance. There were hippopotamuses of all sizes and of all colours.

Stewart Edward White - The Land of Footprints