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Houyhnhnm

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(n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Houyhnhnm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/houyhnhnm.html. 1828.
 
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