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单词 equid
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Definition of equid in English:

equid

noun ˈɛkwɪdˈekwid
Zoology
  • A mammal of the horse family (Equidae ).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Domestic equids range worldwide; in the wild equids occur mainly in East Africa and the Near East to Mongolia.
    • Today only seven species of wild equids remain - three asses, three zebra and one wild horse - and the World Conservation Union now lists most of these as endangered.
    • It is the closest living relative of the domestic horse, and despite a difference in chromosome number, the two species are the only members of the equid family still capable of producing fertile offspring if interbred.
    • This succession of early primitive types with later more advanced forms, and those with their still more advanced descendants, is not unlike the evolution of equids, titanotheres, and other fast-evolving taxa.
    • Bernor and Harris describe the three species of hipparionine equids found at Lothagam.
    • The orbital region is important because it has been demonstrated as useful in classifying different species of equids.
    • The vertical lines represent the actual time ranges of equid genera or clades.
    • Notably, in the three mammalian groups, equids, murids, and peromyscids, in which placental development of interspecific hybrids was analyzed to date, placentation defects were observed.
    • Here I test whether this assumption holds true by analyzing the feeding strategy of various ungulates, particularly equids.
    • The equid and mammoth remains came from the upper unit and the mastodon and edentate material came from the middle unit.
    • Like all equids, mountain zebras are polygynous.
    • For example, a thoroughbred is a type of a horse, which is an equid, which is a mammal and so on.
    • Hippidion was so distinctly different from other horses that it was considered to have diverged from the equid lineage about 10 million years ago.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Equidae (plural), from Latin equus 'horse'.

 
 

Definition of equid in US English:

equid

nounˈekwid
Zoology
  • A mammal of the horse family (Equidae).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like all equids, mountain zebras are polygynous.
    • Today only seven species of wild equids remain - three asses, three zebra and one wild horse - and the World Conservation Union now lists most of these as endangered.
    • The equid and mammoth remains came from the upper unit and the mastodon and edentate material came from the middle unit.
    • The vertical lines represent the actual time ranges of equid genera or clades.
    • Bernor and Harris describe the three species of hipparionine equids found at Lothagam.
    • Here I test whether this assumption holds true by analyzing the feeding strategy of various ungulates, particularly equids.
    • Notably, in the three mammalian groups, equids, murids, and peromyscids, in which placental development of interspecific hybrids was analyzed to date, placentation defects were observed.
    • Domestic equids range worldwide; in the wild equids occur mainly in East Africa and the Near East to Mongolia.
    • Hippidion was so distinctly different from other horses that it was considered to have diverged from the equid lineage about 10 million years ago.
    • This succession of early primitive types with later more advanced forms, and those with their still more advanced descendants, is not unlike the evolution of equids, titanotheres, and other fast-evolving taxa.
    • For example, a thoroughbred is a type of a horse, which is an equid, which is a mammal and so on.
    • The orbital region is important because it has been demonstrated as useful in classifying different species of equids.
    • It is the closest living relative of the domestic horse, and despite a difference in chromosome number, the two species are the only members of the equid family still capable of producing fertile offspring if interbred.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Equidae (plural), from Latin equus ‘horse’.

 
 
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