SINCE 1828
Houyhnhnm
noun
Hou·yhn·hnm
| \ ˈhwi-nəm
, hü-ˈi-nəm
\
, hü-ˈi-nəm
\
Definition of Houyhnhnm
: a member of a race of horses endowed with reason in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
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