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hippophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hip-pophagous
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeding on horseflesh.

Etymology

From hippo- + -phagous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does hippophagous mean?
Feeding on horseflesh.
Where does hippophagous come from?
From hippo- + -phagous.

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