Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hippophagi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hip-popha-gi
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Eaters of horsemeat.

Example Sentences

"the unsavory subsistence of those hippophagi of the Sierra Nevada"

Etymology

From the plural of New Latin hippophagus. See hippophagous.

Word Breakdown

Root: hippophagus

Phrases

I could eat a horse

Frequently Paired Words

I could eat a horse

Questions

What does hippophagi mean?: Eaters of horsemeat.
Where does hippophagi come from?: From the plural of New Latin hippophagus. See hippophagous.

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