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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Hou·yhn·hnm /ˈhwɪnəm, huˈɪnəm/
 具有人類理性的馬匹

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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