Houyhnhnm
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Hou·yhn·hnm

noun \ˈhwi-nəm, hü-ˈi-nəm\

Definition of HOUYHNHNM

: a member of a race of horses endowed with reason in Swift's Gulliver's Travels

First Known Use of HOUYHNHNM

1726

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