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  • noun fear of horses

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Examples

  • The congressman also correctly identified hippophobia as the fear of horses.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The congressman also correctly identified hippophobia as the fear of horses.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The congressman also correctly identified hippophobia as the fear of horses.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The congressman also correctly identified hippophobia as the fear of horses.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • In each case, I leave it to the reader to supply the words "fear of." acarophobia mites, parasites entonophobia ticks aelurophobia cats galeophobia sharks apiophobia bees hippophobia horses arachnephobia spiders musophobia mice bacilliphobia bacilli myrmecophobia lice bacteriaphobia bacteria soleciphobia worms batrachophobia frogs, toads swinophobia swine cynophobia dogs taeniophobia tapeworms eisoptrophobia termites taurophobia bulls A much smaller cluster of fears is centered on the plant world.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1 1983

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