eohippus

eohippus
noun Etymology: New Latin, from eo- + Greek hippos horse — more at equine Date: circa 1879 any of a genus (Hyracotherium syn. Eohippus) of very small primitive horses from the Lower Eocene having 4-toed forefeet and 3-toed hind feet — called also dawn horse

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  • eohippus — EOHÍPPUS s. (geol.) hiracoteriu. (Genul fosil de animale numit eohippus.) Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime  EOHÍPPUS s. m. gen fosil de ecvide imparicopitate, cel mai vechi strămoş al calului. (< fr. éohippus) Trimis de raduborza …   Dicționar Român

  • eohippus — ● eohippus nom masculin (du grec hippos, cheval) Petit équidé fossile de l éocène d Europe et d Amérique du Nord, qui avait quatre doigts aux pattes de devant et trois aux pattes de derrière. ● eohippus (synonymes) nom masculin (du grec hippos,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • eohippus — eo*hip pus ([=e] [ o]*h[i^]p p[u^]s), 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}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Eohippus — Eohippus, s. Einhufer …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Eohippus — oldest known genus of the horse family, 1879, from Mod.L., from Gk. eos (see EO (Cf. eo )) + hippos horse (see EQUINE (Cf. equine)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • eohippus — [ē΄ō hip′əs] n. [ModL < EO + HIPPUS] an extinct progenitor (genus Hyracotherium) of the modern horse, found in the Lower Eocene of W U.S.: it was about the size of a fox and had four toes on the front feet and three on the hind …   English World dictionary

  • Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium, Zeichnung von Heinrich Harder Zeitraum Eozän 60 bis 45 Mio. Jahre Fossilfundorte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • eohippus — /ee oh hip euhs/, n. the earliest known horse, a member of the extinct genus Hyracotherium (Eohippus), from the early Eocene Epoch of the Northern Hemisphere; a terrier sized herbivore having four hoofed toes on each forefoot and three on each… …   Universalium

  • Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus {Eohippus}. Syn: genus {Hyracotherium}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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