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TROTTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing

Synonyms:

trotter; trotting horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("trotter" is a kind of...):

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

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

pole horse (the horse having a starting position next to the inside rail in a harness race)

Derivation:

trot (run at a moderately swift pace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("trotter" is a kind of...):

animal foot; foot (the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings)

Holonyms ("trotter" is a part of...):

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa (domestic swine)

sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)

Derivation:

trot (run at a moderately swift pace)

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