Equus caballus

Thesaurus

Noun

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Equus caballus - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times horse encolure - the mane of a horse horseback - the back of a horse horse's foot - the hoof of a horse Equus, genus Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae equid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck roan - a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray stable companion, stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person gee-gee - a word for horse used by children or in adult slang dawn horse, eohippus - earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal mesohippus - North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses protohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size foal - a young horse male horse - the male of species Equus caballus female horse, mare - female equine animal mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only pony - a range horse of the western United States polo pony - a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo wild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horse hack - a horse kept for hire nag, jade, hack, plug - an old or over-worked horse pony - any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder bangtail, race horse, racehorse - a horse bred for racing steeplechaser - a horse trained to run in steeplechases stalking-horse - a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game harness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles workhorse - a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor post horse, post-horse, poster - a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers pacer - a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together high stepper, stepper - a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse liver chestnut - a solid dark brown horse bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color sorrel - a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color palomino - a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail pinto - a spotted or calico horse or pony withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle poll - the part of the head between the ears horseflesh, horsemeat - the flesh of horses as food