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hippophagi

hippophagi noun: eaters of horsemeat.

Noun

hippophagi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Eaters of horsemeat.
    • the unsavory subsistence of those hippophagi of the Sierra Nevada1847, James Madison Cutts, The Conquest of California and New Mexico

Origin of hippophagi

From the plural of New Latin hippophagus. See hippophagous.

Questions about hippophagi

What does hippophagi mean?
Hippophagi means eaters of horsemeat.
What part of speech is hippophagi?
Hippophagi is a noun.

Words near hippophagi in the dictionary

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

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