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EQUUS ASINUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

domestic ass; donkey; Equus asinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Equus asinus" is a kind of...):

ass (hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Equus asinus"):

burro (small donkey used as a pack animal)

moke (British informal for donkey)

Holonyms ("Equus asinus" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wild ass of Africa

Synonyms:

African wild ass; Equus asinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Equus asinus" is a kind of...):

wild ass (any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa)

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