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Definition of Equus caballus
1. Noun. Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.
Terms within: Encolure, Horseback, Horse's Foot, Withers, Gaskin, Poll, Horseflesh, Horsemeat
Group relationships: Equus, Genus Equus
Generic synonyms: Equid, Equine
Specialized synonyms: Roan, Stable Companion, Stablemate, Gee-gee, Dawn Horse, Eohippus, Mesohippus, Protohippus, Male Horse, Female Horse, Mare, Mount, Riding Horse, Saddle Horse, Pony, Polo Pony, Wild Horse, Hack, Hack, Jade, Nag, Plug, Pony, Bangtail, Race Horse, Racehorse, Steeplechaser, Stalking-horse, Harness Horse, Workhorse, Post Horse, Post-horse, Poster, Pacer, High Stepper, Stepper, Chestnut, Liver Chestnut, Bay, Sorrel, Palomino, Pinto
Member holonyms: Foal
Derivative terms: Horse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equus Caballus
Literary usage of Equus caballus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"Gall., vn, 65) that he gave Roman horses—the best he had—to his German soldiers,
who were good riders but had bad horses. The equus caballus ..."
2. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... or the line from the anterior margin of the pre-maxillae Ato FIQ. 1166.
— Side view of posterior parts of skull of Horse (equus caballus). ..."
3. The American homoeopathic pharmacopoeia by Joseph T. O'Connor (1883)
"Family, equus caballus. Preparation.—The substance is dried, pulverized and
prepared by trituration, as directed under Class VII. Proven by Dr. Bauer, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1844)
"Meyer has characterized under the name of the equus caballus primigenius\.
The Oreston remains differ, however, from this in the form of the fifth or ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"If I want to know whether the species equus caballus made its appearance on the
... If I turn to observation, I find abundant remains of equus caballus in ..."
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