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Equine

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.

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Ass 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Hinny 76% connected

To neigh; to whinny.

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Horse 76% connected

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.…

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Mule 76% connected

A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny.

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Quagga 76% connected

A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark s…

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Zebra 76% connected

Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark br…

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Perissodactyl 76% connected

One of the Perissodactyla.

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