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hippology

[ hi-pol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the study of horses.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󾱱··Dz·· [hip-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • 󾱱·DZo· noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hippology1

First recorded in 1850–55; hippo- + -logy
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Example Sentences

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The literature about the horse and its history and uses is voluminous, and is collected up to 1887 in Huth’s Works on Horses, &c., a bibliographical record of hippology.

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Hippology, hip-ol′o-ji, n. the study of horses.—adj.

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Indeed, because of the groove which separates the gluteal region of one side from that of the opposite side, and from the position of the anal orifice in the superior part of this groove, we may admit the name which, in hippology, has been given to this part of the thigh.

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Ladies are seldom very far behind men in their knowledge of hippology.

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Associated words: equine, equestrian, equestrianism, equestrienne, equerry, fractious, hostler, groom, hostlery, postilion, coachman, jockey, hippocampus, hippogriffe, manège, chack, hippology, hippophile, hippotomy, tandem, equitation, farriery, equitant, paddock, hippiatrics, hippiatry, neigh, whinny, nicker, hopple. horse block. montoir. horse doctor. veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, farrier, horse leech. horseflesh, n.

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