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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Prze•wal′ski's horse′ (pshə väl′skēz, shə-),USA pronunciation - Zoology, Mammalsa wild horse, Equus caballus przevalskii, chiefly of Mongolia and Sinkiang, characterized by light yellow coloring and a stiff, upright black mane with no forelock: the only remaining breed of wild horse, it is now endangered and chiefly maintained in zoos.
Also, Prze•val′ski's horse′. Cf. tarpan. - after Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przheval’skiĭ (Polish Przewalski) (1839–88), Russian explorer, the animal's first European observer (1876)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Przewalski's horse /ˌpɜːʒəˈvælskɪz/ n - 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
Etymology: 19th Century: named after the Russian explorer Nikolai Mikhailovich Przewalski (1839–88), who discovered it |