Home › Words › H › hippophagyhippophagyhippophagy means the eating of horsemeat.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hippophagy ranks #7,710 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom hippo- + -phagy.nounThe eating of horsemeat.e.g.“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.” — 1879, George Fleming, editor, The Veterinary Journal:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hippophagi 88% match — Eaters of horsemeat. vs hippophagy →hippophagous 87% match — Feeding on horseflesh. vs hippophagy →hippophage 82% match — Someone who eats horsemeat vs hippophagy →equivorous 68% match — That eats horsemeat. vs hippophagy →hippocaust 66% match — The ritual killing of a horse as an offering. vs hippophagy →horseflesh 65% match — The flesh of a horse; horsemeat. vs hippophagy →herbiphagy 64% match — The condition of being herbiphagous vs hippophagy →hippophile 63% match — A person who loves horses. vs hippophagy →