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Falabella, n.|fæləˈbɛlə|
Also falabella.
[Name of Julio Falabella (d. 1981), Argentinian developer of the breed.]
A miniature horse belonging to the breed of this name and believed to be the smallest horse in the world, the adults not usually exceeding 75 cm. in height; the breed itself.
1977Time 27 June 57/3 Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the Organization of American States,..auctioned off three rare 24-in.-high falabella ponies on the dance floor. 1978Times 25 Mar. 3/5 (caption) Three of a group of six falabella horses which arrived in London yesterday... The falabellas, one of the smallest breeds in the world, are seen with Hercules, an 18-hand drayhorse. 1985Australasian Post (Melbourne) 27 June 22/4 Falabellas have two less vertebrae and two less ribs than other horses and they take 13 months to gestate. |