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wild horse

n. 1 A member of the species ''Equus ferus'', sometimes excluding the domesticated horse. 2 A feral horse. 3 An untamed horse.

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wild horse

n. undomesticated or feral domestic horse

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Wild horse

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well as the undomesticated tarpan (Equus ferus ferus), now extinct, and the endangered Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii). Przewalski's horse was saved from the brink of extinction and reintroduced successfully to the wild. The tarpan became extinct in the 19th century, though it was a possible ancestor of the domestic horse, and roamed the steppes of Eurasia at the time of domestication. However, other subspecies of Equus ferus may have existed and could have been the stock from which domesticated horses are descended. Since the extinction of the tarpan, attempts have been made to reconstruct its phenotype, resulting in horse breeds such as the Konik and Heck horse. However, the genetic makeup and foundation bloodstock of those breeds is substantially derived from domesticated horses, so these breeds possess domesticated traits.

The term "wild horse" is also used colloquially to refer to free-roaming herds of feral horses such as the mustang in the United States, the brumby in Australia, and many others. These feral horses are untamed members of the domestic horse subspecies (Equus ferus caballus), and should not be confused with the two truly "wild" horse subspecies extant into modern times.

Wild horse (disambiguation)

Wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus that includes domesticated and undomesticated subspecies.

Wild horse or Wild horses may also refer to:

Wild Horse (mining company)

Wild Horse is an Australian-based, international uranium company focused on the development of supplies to the United States and Europe. The company aims to have uranium production by 2010 from its projects in the United States and Central Eastern Europe. Besides, the company has a portfolio of development and exploration projects, amongst others in South America. WildHorse primarily identifies and selects projects suitable for in situ recovery (ISR) uranium mining.

Wildhorse owns and operates two uranium mining sites in the US (Wyoming): Bison Basin Project and Sweetwater Project; Four sites in Hungary: Pécs Project, Bátászék Project, Dinneyeberki Project and Máriakéménd Project; One project coming up in Poland ( Sudetes Mountains) and one uranium mining concession in Paraguay: Paraná Basin.

Usage examples of "wild horse".

We might have chased a wild horse together, might have slept together, but we never shared a meal.

He dared waste no more time searching the countryside for a wild horse.

He spasmed wildly and I held him down, staying atop him as if I were trying to break a wild horse.

It is the tribal way to hem a boy in with mother and sisters till he is sick of them, and runs off to kill a plains wolf in winter, or catch a wild horse, or go to fight, if there is a war, and so prove himself a man.

By nightfall, when she camped on Wild Horse Creek, she had put twenty-five miles behind her.