A solid-hoofed perissodactyl quadruped (Equus caballus), having a flowing mane and tail, whose voice is a neigh.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] (127) horsec825 A solid-hoofed perissodactyl quadruped (Equus caballus), having a flowing mane and tail, whose voice is a neigh. blonkOE Poetic word for ‘horse’; steed. brockc1000 ? A horse, a trotting horse; an inferior horse, a jade. mareOE A horse (of either sex). Obsolete (Irish English in later use). stota1100 A horse. In Old English ? one of an inferior kind. caplec1290 A horse: in Middle English chiefly poetical; now only dialect. foala1300 A horse. Obsolete. rouncyc1300 A horse, esp. one used for riding; a steed. Also figurative. scot1319 (A common name for) a horse. English regional (East Anglian) in later use. caballc1450 A horse. jade1553 Sometimes used without depreciatory sense, playfully, or in generalized sense: = Horse. chival1567 A horse. prancer1567 cant. Any horse. Obsolete. ball1570 A horse, perhaps a white-faced one. English regional in later use. pranker1591 cant. A horse; = prancer, n. 2b. roussin1602 = rouncy, n.1 wormly1606 A horse. cheval1609 Used in combination (as in cheval-de-frise, cheval-glass), and in some French phrases, as à cheval ‘on horseback’, ‘with one foot on each side’; in… sonipes1639 A horse. neigher1649 A creature that neighs, a horse. quadruped1660 spec. A horse. Cf. quad, n.3 keffel1699 A horse, esp. a sorry horse. prad1703 A horse. jig1706 Applied ludicrously to a horse, a person, etc. colloquial. hoss1815 = horse, n. 1 25a. cayuse1841 ‘A common Indian pony’ (Scribner's Mag. II. 510). Also, any horse (North American colloquial). yarraman1848 A horse. quad1854 A horse. Cf. quadruped, n. 1b. plug1860 slang (originally North American). North American slang. An old and worn-out horse; (more generally) any horse. Also (Australian and New Zealand slang… bronco1869 An untamed or half-tamed horse, or a cross between the horse and mustang; a native horse of California or New Mexico. Also gen., any horse. gee-gee1869 A horse (originally a child's word; cf. gee, n.2). quadrupedant1870 A quadruped (in quot.: spec. a horse). Cf. quadruped, n. 1b. rabbit1882 Something resembling a rabbit. slang (chiefly Horse Racing). A horse deemed to resemble a rabbit in some way. gee1887 A horse (originally a child's word; cf. gee-gee, n.). neddy1887 Australian slang. A horse, esp. a racehorse. nanto1889 A horse. prod1891 A horse, esp. an old one. goat1894 colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Australian). A horse, esp. a racehorse; spec. one considered to be very slow, worthless, or in poor condition. skin1918 slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A horse, esp. an old or inferior one; (more generally) any old or worthless farm or working animal. Now rare. bang-tail1921 A (horse's) tail, of which the hair is allowed to grow to a considerable length and then cut horizontally across so as to form a flat even… horsy1923 Also horsie. A child's word or pet name for a horse. steed- In Old English, a stud-horse, stallion. Obsolete. Subcategories:— quality of being (1) — collectively (5) — allusive name for (1) — defined by general characteristics (3) — of unspecified type (3) — defined by size (23) — inferior or old and worn-out (28) — looked after in particular way (3) — guided by a lead (2) — fresh or reserve (3) — belonging to one stable (4) — horse or group kept for breeding (3) — drove or herd of (5) — place where horses stand (1) |
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