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[syn: eohippus, dawn horse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hyracotherium \Hyracotherium\ n.
An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus.
Syn: genus Hyracotherium.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
eohippus \eo*hip"pus\ ([=e]`[-o]*h[i^]p"p[u^]s), n. [Gr. 'hw`s
dawn + "ipposhorse.]
an extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene mammal, the
earliest horse known in the line of descent of the modern
horse. It is classed in the extinct genus Hydracotherium.
Called also dawn horse.
Syn: dawn horse.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eohippus
n 1: earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed
Eocene animal [syn: eohippus, dawn horse]