Illustration of Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horse
noun
Prze·wal·ski's horse pshə-ˈväl-skēz- 
shə-,
ˌpər-zhə-ˈväl-
variants or Przewalski horse
pshə-ˈväl-skē-
shə-,
ˌpər-zhə-ˈväl-
: a small stocky bay- or dun-colored wild horse (Equus caballus przewalskii synonym E. przewalskii) of central Asia having a large head and short erect mane and now existing chiefly in captivity
Word History
Etymology
Nikolaĭ M. Przhevalskiĭ †1888 Russian soldier & explorer
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
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