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horseflesh

English

Alternative forms

  • horse-flesh

Etymology

From horse +? flesh.

Noun

horseflesh (uncountable)

  1. The flesh of a horse; horsemeat.
  2. Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
    He is a good judge of horseflesh.
  3. A species of Bahama mahogany, Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum.

Adjective

horseflesh (comparative more horseflesh, superlative most horseflesh)

  1. Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.

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hippophagi

English

Etymology

From New Latin hippophagus. See hippophagous.

Noun

hippophagi pl (plural only)

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

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