állatorvosi ló
Hungarian
Etymology
állatorvosi (“veterinary; here: to be used [as an illustration] in teaching veterinary medicine”) + ló (“horse”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaːlːɒtorvoʃi ˌloː]
Noun
- (figurative) epitome, exemplification, exemplar, embodiment, poster child for the ills (…of something, e.g. an institution or a procedure, with practically all imaginable faults and deficiencies present in one single specimen; originally: all illnesses present in one hand-drawn horse for the purpose of illustration for veterinary students; usually used with the possessive of the category of the relevant items)
Declension
- For the noun, see ló.
- The adjective állatorvosi remains unchanged.
See also
- For more possible equivalents in English, see Thesaurus:exemplar
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