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Hyracotherium

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A genus of fossil perissodactyls of the tapiroid section, referred to the family Lophiodontidæ.

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n. extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus

Word Usage

"In Europe the little creature was given the totally erroneous name hyracotherium, because his discoverers could not imagine him to be related in any way to the horse; they classified him as a forebear of the hyrax, a small shrew-like animal, the cony of the Old Testament."

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mammal genus

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eohippus

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genus

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