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Equine

//ˈɛkˌwaɪn// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses.

    "He who believes that each equine species was independently created, will, I presume, assert that each species has been created with a tendency to vary, both under nature and under domestication, in this particular manner, so as often to become striped like other species of the genus; and that each has been created with a strong tendency, when crossed with species inhabiting distant quarters of the world, to produce hybrids resembling in their stripes, not their own parents, but other species of the genus."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or belonging to the family Equidae wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling a horse wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.
  2. 2
    hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).

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