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    GENUS EQUUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Equus; genus Equus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Equus"):

    Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)

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

    domestic ass; donkey; Equus asinus (domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn)

    mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile)

    hinny (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile)

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

    zebra (any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines)

    Equus quagga; quagga (mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century)

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

    Equidae; family Equidae (horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals)

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