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Horsemeat vs Hippophagy - What's the difference?

horsemeat | hippophagy |

As nouns the difference between horsemeat and hippophagy

is that horsemeat is the meat from a horse while hippophagy is the eating of horsemeat.

horsemeat

Alternative forms

* horse meat

Noun

(-)
  • the meat from a horse
  • hippophagy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The eating of horsemeat.
  • *1879 , George Fleming (ed.), The Veterinary Journal
  • *:In Berlin, as in Paris, hippophagy appears to be on the increase. At the present time as many as twenty horses a day are cut up for food.
  • *1907 , John William Severin Gouley, Dining and Its Amenities
  • *:...to introduce hippophagy in this country as an economic measure.
  • *2000 , Tamra Andrews, Nectar & Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology
  • *:Not long after the advent of Christianity, Pope Gregory III forbade hippophagy because of its association with the worship of pagan gods.