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hippophage

hippophage noun: someone who eats horsemeat.

Noun

hippophage (plural hippophages)

  1. Someone who eats horsemeat

Forms of hippophage

pluralhippophages

Origin of hippophage

From hippo- + -phage.

Words formed from hippophage

Questions about hippophage

What does hippophage mean?
Hippophage means someone who eats horsemeat.
What part of speech is hippophage?
Hippophage is a noun.
What is the plural of hippophage?
The plural of hippophage is hippophages.

Words near hippophage in the dictionary

  1. Hipponicus
  2. hippopathological
  3. hippopathology
  4. hippopede
  5. hippopedes
  6. hippophage
  7. hippophages
  8. hippophagi
  9. hippophagism
  10. hippophagist
  11. hippophagistic

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