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houyhnhnm

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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: webster
  3. 3. One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginarytravels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reasonand noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of bruteshaving the form and all the worst vices of men. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift Source: ecdict

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