eohippus

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  • Noun:
    earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene animal

Word Origin

Eohippus (n.)
oldest known genus of the horse family, about the size of a fox and first known from fossil remains found in New Mexico, 1879, Modern Latin, from eo- "earliest" + Greek hippos "horse" (see equine).

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