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Hippo

A slang term for the deciding opinion in a meeting, when it is delivered by the senior-most person. The term is an acronym for highest paid person's opinion.
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As a contact inhibitory signaling pathway, the Hippo pathway inhibits cell proliferation and promotes cell apoptosis when cells are completely surrounded by their neighbors.
Advanced Role of Hippo Signaling in Endometrial Fibrosis: Implications for Intrauterine Adhesion
She said: "I received an alert previous to seeing this that around a hundred hippos had been found dead in Bwabwat in the previous week and that anthrax was suspected.
Mystery of 100 dead hippos found floating in river with unexplained bruises and marks; WARNING: Upsetting images. Heartbreaking images show the dead animals on their backs with their feet out of the water in Namibia, Africa. Experts suspect an anthrax outbreak
I like the idea of hippos going to the moon as they are the animals least likely to.
Hip hippo hooray for David's new play; BGT JUDGE AND POPULAR CHILDREN'S AUTHOR DAVID WALLIAMS IS LAUNCHING HIS FUNNY TAKE ON THE SPACE RACE AT A MIDLANDS THEATRE
Killing an animal like a hippo is not good because they are very important to us for especially in the river they are the very animals which are keeping fish for us in the river.
Wildlife authorities in W. Bahr el Ghazal decry killing of oldest hippo
Through the promotion, AuthX becomes the fourth Hippo Gold Partner in North America.
AuthX Named Hippo CMS Gold Partner
Managing hippo-human conflict in some ways is easier than other types of wildlife conflict because hippos have very predictable habitat and space needs,' says McCauley.
Hungry angry hippos
The Hamilton Hippo cake was 2ft high, weighed 10kg and took 36 hours to create using 50lbs of flour, 12 eggs and 6ft of icing.
Mascot Hamilton is such a sweetie
Hundreds have posed for pictures with the Walsall's concrete hippo which has captured hearts across the globe.
TIRED OLD HIPPO'S IN NEED OF A MAKEOVER
The researchers, led by Femando Camargo, happened upon this discovery while investigating whether a biochemical cascade called Hippo, which controls how big the liver grows, also affects cell fate.
Forcing mature liver cells to revert to stem cells may help repair damaged tissue
The other hippo followed suit, except this young bull.
Taylor's KO values and a hippo who never saw it coming
Pieter spoke of having guided bow-hunting icon Pete Shepley in his Zambia camp, where the founder of PSE Archery had taken a great hippo.
River monsters: this adventure bowhunter traveled to the deep pools of the Zambezi to test his mettle against a bull hippo
London, May 5 ( ANI ): A man from Zambia has revealed that he was once swallowed by a hippo.
Zambia man was almost swallowed by a hippo
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