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Equine definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

E'QUINE, a. [L. equinus, from equus, a horse.] Pertaining to a horse or to the genus.
The shoulders, body, thighs, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: resembling a horse
2: of or belonging to the family Equidae n
1: hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck [syn: equine, equid]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin equinus, from equus horse; akin to Old English eoh horse, Greek hippos, Sanskrit a?va Date: 1776 of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family • equine noun • equinely adverb

Britannica Concise

Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. Equines descended from the dawn horse (see eohippus). Wild horses, which once inhabited much of N Eurasia, were smaller and had shorter legs than their domesticated descendants. See also Przewalski's horse.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or like a horse. Etymology: L equinus f. equus horse

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equine E"quine, a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. a?va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j?r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a? to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. --Sir J. Barrow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Equine means connected with or relating to horses. ...an outbreak of equine influenza. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

Houyhnhnm, asinine, bovid, bovine, brood mare, caprid, caprine, charger, colt, courser, cowish, cowlike, critter, deerlike, dobbin, entire, entire horse, equestrian, filly, foal, gelding, goatish, goatlike, hircine, hoggish, hoofed, horse, horsy, mare, mount, mulish, nag, ovine, piggish, prancer, ruminant, sheepish, sheeplike, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, swinish, tarpan, top horse, ungulate, war-horse, wild horse