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Equus caballus

noun

Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times. Synonym: horse.

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"Equus caballus" Quotes from Famous Books

... well-known fact," says Professor Marsh, "that the Spanish discoverers of America discovered no horses on this continent, and that the modern horse (Equus caballus, Linn.) was subsequently introduced from the Old World. It is, however, not so generally known that these animals had formerly been abundant here, and that long before, in tertiary time, near relatives of the horse, and probably his ancestors, ...

— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... more familiar to you than that whose skeleton is shown on our diagram. You need not bother yourselves with this "Equus caballus" written under it; that is only the Latin name of it, and does not make it any better. It simply means the common Horse. Suppose we wish to understand all about the Horse. Our first object must be to study the structure of the animal. The whole ...

— Lectures and Essays • T.H. Huxley

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