Equine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Equine	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equine adj resembling a horse of or belonging to the family Equidae n hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck Synonym(s): equine, equid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equine \E"quine\, a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. a[?]va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j[?]r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a[?] to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. {Hippopotamus}.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. --Sir J. Barrow.