Prze·wal·ski's horse

(shə-väl′skēz)

A wild horse (Equus ferus subsp. przewalskii) of central Asia, having a light brown coat with a short erect mane and no forelock. It became extinct in the wild but has been reintroduced in Mongolia from captive populations. Also called takhi.

[After Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (1839-1888), Russian explorer who was the first European to describe it.]

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Przewalski's horse

(ˌpɜːʒəˈvælskɪz)

(Animals) a wild horse, Equus przewalskii, of W Mongolia, having an erect mane and no forelock: extinct in the wild, only a few survive in captivity

[C19: named after the Russian explorer Nikolai Mikhailovich Przewalski (1839–88), who discovered it]

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Prze•wal′ski's horse′

(pʃəˈvɑl skiz, ʃə-)
n.

a wild horse, Equus caballus przevalskii, chiefly of Mongolia and Xinjiang, having a light yellow coat and a short, stiff black mane.

[after Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przheval'skiĭ (Polish Przewalski) (1839–88), Russian explorer, the animal's first European observer (1876)]

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Przewalski's horse - wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass; now endangered

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wild horse - undomesticated or feral domestic horse

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