- genus Hyracotherium
- nounextinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus• Syn: ↑Hyracotherium• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Equidae, ↑family Equidae• Member Meronyms: ↑eohippus, ↑dawn horse
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genus Hyracotherium
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Hyracotherium — Temporal range: Early Eocene–Mid Eocene … Wikipedia
Hyracotherium — n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus {Eohippus}. Syn: genus {Hyracotherium}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hyracotherium — noun extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus • Syn: ↑genus Hyracotherium • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Equidae, ↑family Equidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hyracotherium — /huy reuh koh thear ee euhm/, n., pl. hyracotheria / thear ee euh/. eohippus. [ < NL (1840): a genus name; see HYRAX, O , THERE] * * * … Universalium
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus {Eohippus}. Syn: genus {Hyracotherium}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eohippus — /ee oh hip euhs/, n. the earliest known horse, a member of the extinct genus Hyracotherium (Eohippus), from the early Eocene Epoch of the Northern Hemisphere; a terrier sized herbivore having four hoofed toes on each forefoot and three on each… … Universalium
Equidae — Taxobox name = Equids image width = 250px image caption = Plains Zebras regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Perissodactyla familia = Equidae familia authority = Gray, 1821 genus = Equus genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758… … Wikipedia
Equidae — noun horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals • Syn: ↑family Equidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perissodactyla, ↑order Perissodactyla • … Useful english dictionary
dawn horse — eohippus. [1200 50] * * * ▪ fossil equine extinct group of horses (horse) that flourished in North America and Europe during the early part of the Eocene Epoch (55.8–33.9 million years ago). Even though these animals are more commonly known as… … Universalium
