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GENUS MESOHIPPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mesohippus mean?
• GENUS MESOHIPPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MESOHIPPUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Equidae
Familiarity information: GENUS MESOHIPPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Equidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Mesohippus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mesohippus"):
mesohippus (North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses)
Holonyms ("genus Mesohippus" is a member of...):
Equidae; family Equidae (horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals)
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