Equine
/ˈɛkˌwaɪn/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.
- 2 hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck wordnet
Adjective
- 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 Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.
Adjective
- 1 of or belonging to the family Equidae wordnet
- 2 resembling a horse wordnet
Example
More examples"Horses and donkeys are both in the equine family."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”).