hippomanes
noun
hip·pom·a·nes
\hiˈpäməˌnēz\
Definition of hippomanes
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: a growth found on the forehead of a newborn foal and held in antiquity to be aphrodisiac
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Origin and Etymology of hippomanes
Latin, from Greek, from hippo- hipp- + -manes (from mainesthai to rage, be furious)
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