English > Equus caballus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times. |
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| Synonym | horse |
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| Member of | Equus, genus Equus | type genus of the Equidae |
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| Members | foal | A young horse |
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| Parts | encolure | The mane of a horse |
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| gaskin | Lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle |
| horse's foot | The hoof of a horse |
| horseback | The back of a horse |
| horsemeat, horseflesh | The flesh of horses as food |
| poll | The part of the head between the ears |
| withers | The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals |
| Narrower | bay | A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color |
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| chestnut | A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse |
| eohippus, dawn horse | Earliest horse |
| gee-gee | A word for horse used by children or in adult slang |
| hack | A horse kept for hire |
| hack, jade, nag, plug | An old or over-worked horse |
| harness horse | horse used for pulling vehicles |
| liver chestnut | A solid dark brown horse |
| male horse | The male of species Equus caballus |
| mare, female horse | female equine animal |
| mesohippus | North American three-toed Oligocene animal |
| pacer | A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together |
| palomino | A horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail |
| pinto | A spotted or calico horse or pony |
| polo pony | A small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo |
| pony | Any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder |
| pony | A range horse of the western United States |
| post horse, post-horse, poster | A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
| protohippus | Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size |
| racehorse, race horse, bangtail | A horse bred for racing |
| roan | A horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray |
| saddle horse, riding horse, mount | A lightweight horse kept for riding only |
| sorrel | A horse of a brownish orange to light brown color |
| stablemate, stable companion | A horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person |
| stalking-horse | A horse behind which a hunter hides / hides while stalking game |
| steeplechaser | A horse trained to run in steeplechases |
| stepper, high stepper | A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting |
| wild horse | undomesticated or feral domestic horse |
| workhorse | A horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor |
| Broader | equine, equid | hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck |
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| Spanish | caballo, equinos, yegua |
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| Catalan | cavall, Equus caballus |
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