单词 | eohippus |
释义 | eohippus /ee'oh hip"euhs/, n. the earliest known horse, a member of the extinct genus Hyracotherium (Eohippus), from the early Eocene Epoch of the Northern Hemisphere; a terrier-sized herbivore having four hoofed toes on each forefoot and three on each hind foot, and low-crowned teeth. Also called dawn horse, hyracotherium. [1875-80; < NL, equiv. to eo- EO- + Gk híppos horse] |
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