Equus caballus

Thesaurus

Noun

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Equus caballus - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric timeshorseencolure - the mane of a horsehorseback - the back of a horsehorse's foot - the hoof of a horseEquus, genus Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidaeequid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neckroan - a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or graystable companion, stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same persongee-gee - a word for horse used by children or in adult slangdawn horse, eohippus - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animalmesohippus - North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horsesprotohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in sizefoal - a young horsemale horse - the male of species Equus caballusfemale horse, mare - female equine animalmount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding onlypony - a range horse of the western United Statespolo pony - a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polowild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horsehack - a horse kept for hirenag, jade, hack, plug - an old or over-worked horsepony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulderbangtail, race horse, racehorse - a horse bred for racingsteeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechasesstalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking gameharness horse - horse used for pulling vehiclesworkhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy laborpost horse, post-horse, poster - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelerspacer - a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground togetherhigh stepper, stepper - a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trottingchestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horseliver chestnut - a solid dark brown horsebay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown colorsorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown colorpalomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tailpinto - a spotted or calico horse or ponywithers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animalsgaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stiflepoll - the part of the head between the earshorseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food