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EQUIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals

Synonyms:

Equidae; family Equidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Equidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Equidae"):

Equus; genus Equus (type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae)

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

genus Hyracotherium; Hyracotherium (extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus)

genus Mesohippus; genus Protohippus (a genus of Equidae)

female horse; mare (female equine animal)

Holonyms ("Equidae" is a member of...):

order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)

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