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hyracotherium
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hyracotherium \Hyracotherium\ n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus.
Syn: genus Hyracotherium.
Wikipedia
Hyracotherium ( ; " hyrax-like beast") is an extinct genus of very small (about 60 cm in length) perissodactyl ungulates which was found in the London Clay formation. This small, dog-sized animal was once considered to be the earliest known member of Equidae before the type species, H. leporinum, was reclassified as a palaeothere, a perissodactyl family basal to both horses and brontotheres. The remaining species are now thought to belong to different genera, such as Eohippus, which had previously been synonymised with Hyracotherium.
Usage examples of "hyracotherium".
I would have to say that he is a hyracotherium, a life-form which became extinct on old Earth millions of years ago!
Among them were little, horse-like creatures, no larger than a fox terrier, resembling the Hyracotherium of the Eocene, early progeniators of the horse, which but added to the amazing confusion of birds, mammals, and reptiles of various eras of the evolution of life on the outer crust.