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Houyhnhnm

noun Hou·yhn·hnm \ˈhwi-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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First Known Use of HOUYHNHNM

1726

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