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PROTOHIPPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protohippus mean?
• PROTOHIPPUS (noun)
The noun PROTOHIPPUS has 1 sense:
1. Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
Familiarity information: PROTOHIPPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("protohippus" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Holonyms ("protohippus" is a member of...):
genus Protohippus (a genus of Equidae)
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