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Hou·yhnhnm (ho̵̅o̅ in′əm, hwin′əm)

noun

in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, any of a race of horses with reasoning power and human virtues

Etymology: coined by Jonathan Swift to suggest horse's whinny

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