English Dictionary |
DAWN HORSE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does dawn horse mean?
• DAWN HORSE (noun)
The noun DAWN HORSE has 1 sense:
1. earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal
Familiarity information: DAWN HORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
dawn horse; eohippus
Hypernyms ("dawn horse" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Holonyms ("dawn horse" is a member of...):
genus Hyracotherium; Hyracotherium (extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." (English proverb)
"One swallow doesn't make a spring." (Bulgarian proverb)
"Little by little you fill the sink and drop by drop you fill the barrel." (Catalan proverb)
"Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes." (Egyptian proverb)
"One swallow doesn't make a spring." (Bulgarian proverb)
"Little by little you fill the sink and drop by drop you fill the barrel." (Catalan proverb)
"Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes." (Egyptian proverb)