eohippus

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Noun

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e=o=hip=pus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun eohippus has 1 sense

eohippus(n = noun.animal) dawn horse - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal;

is a kind of equus caballus, horse

is a member of genus hyracotherium, hyracotherium

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CIDE DICTIONARY

eohippus, 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. [WordNet 1.5]