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单词 hyracotherium
释义

hyracotheriumn.

/ˌhʌɪərəkə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪəm/
Forms: Also Hyracotherium.
Etymology: modern Latin, < hyraci- comb. form + Greek θηρίον wild beast.
An extinct mammal of the genus so called; a primitive type of horse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > extinct or prehistoric equines
opeagha1776
hyracotherium1840
hipparion1856
Protohippus1870
Miohippus1874
Pliohippus1874
Mesohippus1875
Orohippus1877
Eohippus1879
1840 R. Owen in Proc. Geol. Soc. 3 163 The resemblance of the molar division..in the new genus, for which the name of Hyracotherium is proposed, and the Chæropotamus, is sufficiently close.
1840 R. Owen in Proc. Geol. Soc. 3 163 The incisor teeth with the ossa intermaxillaria are wanting in the specimen of the Hyracotherium.
1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 324 Hyracotherium, so named in consequence of its structural affinities in the size of the orbits, &c., with the Hyrax, was found in the London clay and the lacustrine eocene sand at Kyson.
1904 Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 9/1 Illustrations were given of a four and a five-toed horse, the extinct hyracotherium, no bigger than a Newfoundland dog.
1931 Discovery 12 32/1 The evolution of the horse from the little hyracotherium of the Eocene period—a creature not much larger than a cat—is admirably shown.
1955 Sci. News Let. 12 Feb. 104/1 The ancient horse, Hyracotherium, was not very much of a horse by modern standards. It was about the size of a shepherd dog and, unlike modern horses, it had four functional toes.

Derivatives

hyracotherian adj. /ˌhaɪərəkə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪən/ (also hyracotheriine /ˌhaɪərəkə(ʊ)ˈθɪərɪaɪn/) belonging to the genus Hyracotherium.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [adjective] > relating to extinct or fossil types
palaeotheriodont1874
hyracotherian1887
rhinocerotid1916
1887 E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist Nov. 994 It has been from the Hyracotheriine sub-family that the horse line was derived.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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