Prze|wal|ski's horse

Prze|wal|ski's horse
Przhe|val|ski's horse or Prze|wal|ski's horse «puhr- zheh VAHL skihz»,
a wild horse native to the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. It is about four feet high and has a brushlike mane.
[< N. M. Przhevalski (or Przewalski), a Russian explorer of the 1800's]

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  • Przhe|val|ski's horse — or Prze|wal|ski s horse «puhr zheh VAHL skihz», a wild horse native to the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. It is about four feet high and has a brushlike mane. ╂[< N. M. Przhevalski (or Przewalski), a Russian explorer of the 1800 s] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Przewalski's horse — Prze•wal′ski s horse′ [[t]pʃəˈvɑl skiz, ʃə [/t]] n. zool. mam a wild horse, Equus caballus przevalskii, chiefly of Mongolia and Xinjiang, having a light yellow coat and a short, stiff black mane • Etymology: after Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przheval… …   From formal English to slang

  • Przewalski's horse — noun Etymology: Nikolaĭ M. Przhevalskiĭ died 1888 Russian soldier & explorer Date: 1881 a small stocky bay or dun colored wild horse (Equus caballus przewalskii syn. E. przewalskii) of central Asia having a large head and short erect mane and now …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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