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HOUYHNHNM

• HOUYHNHNM (noun)
The noun HOUYHNHNM has 1 sense:

1. one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Familiarity information: HOUYHNHNM used as a noun is very rare.

• HOUYHNHNM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

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