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Formerly called genus Eohippus
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hyracotherium
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hyracotherium \Hyracotherium\ n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus . Syn: genus Hyracotherium .
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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 ...
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.