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Define the word higher-order function

"higherorder function" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"

higher-order function
     
        (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as
        argument and/or return a function as its value.  E.g. map in
        (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying
        function f to each of the elements of list l.  See also
        curried function.