hippophagy
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- hippophagous adjective
Etymology
Origin of hippophagy
Example Sentences
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Even though the problem hasn’t been detected in the U.S., the widening scandal has caused outrage and revulsion among Americans, who haven’t practiced hippophagy — the practice of eating horse flesh — on a regular basis for decades.
From Time
Horse-eating, or hippophagy, spread in Europe in the 19th Century, after famines caused several governments to license horse butcheries.
From BBC
Hippophagy, hip-pof′a-ji, n. the act or practice of feeding on horse-flesh.—n.pl.
From Project Gutenberg
There is heroism as well as vulgarity in laughter saluting death and patience, hippophagy and cannibalism, ugliness and deprivation.
From Project Gutenberg
Horse-eating, or hippophagy, became popular in Europe in the 19th century, when famines caused several governments to license horse butcheries.
From Slate
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