| Pronunciation: | | `prowtow'hipus
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size |
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PROTOHIPPUS is a 11 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | Equus caballus, genus Protohippus, horse |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pro`to*hip"pus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? first + ?
horse.] (Paleon.)
A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had
three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.
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