Houyhnhnm

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Houyhnhnm \Hou*yhnhnm"\, n.
     One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary
     travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with
     reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a
     race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of
     men.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Houyhnhnm
       n : one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in
           a novel by Jonathan Swift