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hydrophobia

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hydrophobia (noun)
  2. hydrophobia skunk (noun)

hy·dro·pho·bia

noun \ˌhī-drə-ˈfō-bē-ə\

Definition of HYDROPHOBIA

1
: rabies
2
: a morbid dread of water
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Origin of HYDROPHOBIA

Late Latin, from Greek, from hydr- + -phobia -phobia
First Known Use: 1547

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Rhymes with HYDROPHOBIA

acrophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, Anglophobia, claustrophobia, homophobia, negrophobia, photophobia, technophobia, xenophobia

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