Definition of Hemionus

1. n. A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang.

Definition of Hemionus

1. hemione [n -ES] - See also: hemione

Medical Definition of Hemionus

1. A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A half ass, a mule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemionus

hemimorphism
hemimorphisms
hemimorphite
hemin
heminae
heminas
hemins
hemiola
hemiolas
hemiolia
hemiolias
hemiolic
hemione
hemiones
hemionus (current term)
hemiopalgia
hemiopia
hemiopias
hemiopic
hemiopsia
hemipagus
hemipancreatectomy
hemiparaplegia
hemiparasite
hemiparasitic
hemiparesis
hemipelagic
hemipelvectomies
hemipelvectomy

Literary usage of Hemionus

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

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... young at the time that her voice may not have acquired its mature intonation." No. 427. EQUUS hemionus. The Kiang or Wild Ass of Thibet. NATIVE NAMES. ..."

2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"racter which separates the E. hemionus from the E. onager. He further observes that the Mongolians have no particular name for the E. onager of Pallas ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1849)
"... have yet examined the large intestines in search of villi have I found them. 2. NOTES ON THE SKULL OF EQUUS hemionus AND EQUUS KIANG. BY JE GRAY, ESQ., ..."

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