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houyhnhnm
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houyhnhnm, 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. [1913 Webster]
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