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Horseflesh vs Hippophagi - What's the difference?

horseflesh | hippophagi |

As nouns the difference between horseflesh and hippophagi

is that horseflesh is the flesh of a horse; horse meat while hippophagi is eaters of horseflesh.

As an adjective horseflesh

is of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.

horseflesh

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(-)
  • The flesh of a horse; horse meat.
  • Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing.
    • He is a good judge of horseflesh .
  • A species of (Bahama mahogany), .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue.

    • hippophagi

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Eaters of horseflesh.
    • the unsavory subsistence of those hippophagi of the Sierra Nevada
    (Webster 1913)