family Equidae

family Equidae
noun
horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
Syn: ↑Equidae
Hypernyms: ↑mammal family
Member Holonyms: ↑Perissodactyla, ↑order Perissodactyla
Member Meronyms:

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