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hippophagous

hippophagous adjective: feeding on horseflesh.

Adjective

hippophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on horseflesh.

Origin of hippophagous

From hippo- + -phagous.

Questions about hippophagous

What does hippophagous mean?
Hippophagous means feeding on horseflesh.
What part of speech is hippophagous?
Hippophagous is an adjective.

Words near hippophagous in the dictionary

  1. hippophagi
  2. hippophagism
  3. hippophagist
  4. hippophagistic
  5. hippophagists
  6. hippophagous
  7. hippophagy
  8. hippophile
  9. hippophiles
  10. hippophilia
  11. hippophilic

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