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GENUS EQUUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae
Synonyms:
Equus; genus Equus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Equus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Equus"):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
ass (hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse)
domestic ass; donkey; Equus asinus (domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn)
mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile)
hinny (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile)
wild ass (any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa)
zebra (any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines)
Equus quagga; quagga (mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century)
Holonyms ("genus Equus" is a member of...):
Equidae; family Equidae (horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals)
