Pronunciations
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/ˈɛk.wɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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Noun
Any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
- Related words
- Equus
Adjective
Of or relating to the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
Usage- not-comparable
- Examples
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Come on, this is Tetrapod Zoology: you knew those asses would be of the equid kind, right?
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Much like their equid cousins, the zebras and African wild asses, Przewalski's horses have never been successfully domesticated. […] The Przewalski's horse has 66 chromosomes, the most of any equid species.
The program is derived from what the founders frequently refer to as “56 million years of wisdom” — an allusion to the debut in the fossil record of the equid ancestor of the modern domesticated horse Equus ferus caballus.
Noun
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
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