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Meaning of 'houyhnhnm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Houyhnhnm [ n.]
- One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.

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houdah hough houghed houghing houlet hoult hound hound's-tongue hounded houndfish

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