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Protohippus
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Pro`to`hip´pus
n.1.(Paleon.) A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.
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Noun1.Protohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in sizeprotohippus - Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
genus Protohippus - a genus of Equidae
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