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Houyhnhnm

UK/huˈɪn.əm/ US/ˈhwɪn.əm/ uncommon

noun

1.

one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Origin

Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels as a humorous, onomatopoeic play on the sound made by horses.

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