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hippophagy

hippophagy noun: the eating of horsemeat.

Noun

hippophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of horsemeat.
    • In Berlin, as in Paris, hippophagy appears to be on the increase. At the present time as many as twenty horses a day are cut up for food.1879, George Fleming, editor, The Veterinary Journal
    • ...to introduce hippophagy in this country as an economic measure.1907, John William Severin Gouley, Dining and Its Amenities

hippophagy meaning in Tamil

hippophagy in Tamil

குதிரை இறைச்சி உண்ணும் பழக்கம், குதிரை இறச்சி உண்ணல்

Origin of hippophagy

From hippo- + -phagy.

Questions about hippophagy

What does hippophagy mean?
Hippophagy means the eating of horsemeat.
What is hippophagy in Tamil?
Hippophagy in Tamil is குதிரை இறைச்சி உண்ணும் பழக்கம், குதிரை இறச்சி உண்ணல். See Hippophagy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hippophagy?
Hippophagy is a noun.

Words near hippophagy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hippophagy (page history and authors); hippophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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