EQUUS CABALLUS

• EQUUS CABALLUS (noun)
  The noun EQUUS CABALLUS has 1 sense:

1. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

  Familiarity information: EQUUS CABALLUS used as a noun is very rare.

• EQUUS CABALLUS (noun)

Meaning:

Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Equus caballus; horse

Hypernyms ("Equus caballus" is a kind of...):

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

Meronyms (parts of "Equus caballus"):

encolure (the mane of a horse)

horseback (the back of a horse)

horse's foot; horse's hoof (the hoof of a horse)

withers (the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals)

gaskin (lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle)

poll (the part of the head between the ears)

horseflesh; horsemeat (the flesh of horses as food)

Meronyms (members of "Equus caballus"):

foal (a young horse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Equus caballus"):

pinto (a spotted or calico horse or pony)

bangtail; race horse; racehorse (a horse bred for racing)

steeplechaser (a horse trained to run in steeplechases)

stalking-horse (a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game)

harness horse (horse used for pulling vehicles)

workhorse (a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor)

post horse; post-horse; poster (a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers)

pacer (a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together)

high stepper; stepper (a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting)

chestnut (a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse)

liver chestnut (a solid dark brown horse)

bay (a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color)

sorrel (a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color)

palomino (a horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail)

pony (any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder)

hack; jade; nag; plug (an old or over-worked horse)

roan (a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray)

stable companion; stablemate (a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person)

gee-gee (a word for horse used by children or in adult slang)

dawn horse; eohippus (earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal)

mesohippus (North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses)

protohippus (Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size)

male horse (the male of species Equus caballus)

female horse; mare (female equine animal)

mount; riding horse; saddle horse (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)

pony (a range horse of the western United States)

polo pony (a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo)

wild horse (undomesticated or feral domestic horse)

hack (a horse kept for hire)

Holonyms ("Equus caballus" is a member of...):

Equus; genus Equus (type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae)