hippomanes

noun

hip·​pom·​a·​nes

hiˈpäməˌnēz

plural -es

: a growth found on the forehead of a newborn foal and held in antiquity to be aphrodisiac

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek, from hippo- hipp- + -manes (from mainesthai to rage, be furious)

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