noun
earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal
• Syn: ↑eohippus
• Hypernyms: ↑horse, ↑Equus caballus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hyracotherium, ↑genus Hyracotherium
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eohippus.
[1200-50]
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dawn horse,
= eohippus. (Cf. ↑eohippus)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.