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Definition of Equus asinus

1. Noun. A wild ass of Africa.

2. Noun. Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equus Asinus

Equetus pulcher Equipoise Equisetaceae Equisetales Equisetatae Equisetum Sylvaticum Equisetum arvense Equisetum fluviatile Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum

Equisetum palustre Equisetum robustum Equisetum variegatum Equuleus Equus Burchelli Equus asinus Equus caballus Equus caballus gomelini Equus caballus przevalskii Equus caballus przewalskii

Equus grevyi Equus hemionus Equus hemionus hemionus Equus kiang Equus quagga Equus zebra zebra Eragrostic abyssinica Eragrostis Eragrostis curvula Eragrostis tef

Literary usage of Equus asinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Unknown Horn of Africa: An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River by Frank Linsly James, James Godfrey Thrupp (1888)
"588) gave the specific name africanus, which I propose to retain for the Nubian form of Wild Ass, while the Somali form may be called equus asinus somalicus ..."

2. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Skull of an Ass. equus asinus. 862. Skull of an Ass. Presented by W. Clift, 1822. The incisors of the lower jaw show the effects of unequal attrition. ..."

3. Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology (1877)
"The zebras and the quagga are not met with out of the continent of Africa. Three species at least of wild ass have been described. The Equus (Asinus) ..."

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