Hypertext Webster Gateway: "equine"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
equine
adj 1: resembling a horse
2: 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 [syn: {equid}]
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