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hippotomy

hippotomy noun: the anatomy of horses, or the study thereof.

Noun

hippotomy (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The anatomy of horses, or the study thereof.

Origin of hippotomy

From hippo- + -tomy.

Words formed from hippotomy

Questions about hippotomy

What does hippotomy mean?
Hippotomy means the anatomy of horses, or the study thereof.
What part of speech is hippotomy?
Hippotomy is a noun.

Words near hippotomy in the dictionary

  1. hippotaynes
  2. hippotherapy
  3. hippotigrine
  4. hippotomist
  5. hippotomists
  6. hippotomy
  7. hippotragin
  8. hippotragine
  9. hippotragines
  10. hippotragins
  11. Hipps

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