different between hippophagi vs hippophagy

English

From New Latin hippophagus. See hippophagous.

hippophagi pl (plural only)

Eaters of horseflesh.
the unsavory subsistence of those hippophagi of the Sierra Nevada

hippo- +? -phagy

hippophagy (uncountable)

The eating of horsemeat.
- 1879, George Fleming (ed.), The Veterinary Journal
  In Berlin, as in Paris, hippophagy appears to be on the increase. At the present time as many as twenty horses a day are cut up for food.

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