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equid|ˈɛkwɪd|
[ad. mod.L. equidæ, f. equus horse.]
A member of the family Equidæ, which embraces horses, asses, mules, zebras, and certain extinct ungulates with undivided hoofs.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1928V. G. Childe Most Anc. East ii. 25 The zebra, and perhaps another equid. 1932Antiquity VI. 254 The calm, conventional figures of equids from Gross Spitzkopje. 1937Proc. Prehistoric Soc. III. 185 A naturalistic engraving of an equid covered by the archaeological deposit. 1968A. S. Romer Procession of Life xvi. 252 In the equids the front foot, like the hind, eventually became monodactyl. |