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单词 houyhnhnm
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Houyhnhnm

[ hoo-in-uhm, hwin-uhm, win- ]
/ huˈɪn əm, ˈʰwɪn əm, ˈwɪn- /

noun

(in Swift's Gulliver's Travels) one of a race of horses endowed with reason, who rule the Yahoos, a race of degraded, brutish creatures having human form.

Origin of Houyhnhnm

1726; apparently echoic; cf. whinny

Words nearby Houyhnhnm

Houston, houstonia, Houstonian, Houston, Sam, houting, Houyhnhnm, HOV, Hovawart, hove, hovea, hovel
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