EOHIPPUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal

Synonyms:

dawn horse; eohippus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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