Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of the family Equidæ, formerly conterminous with the family, now often restricted to the horses proper, as distinguished from the asses and zebras. The horse is E. caballus. See horse, and cut under Equidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.

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  • noun type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae

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Examples

  • [441] A _double entendre_ -- with allusion to the posture in sexual intercourse known among the Greeks as [Greek: hippos], in Latin 'equus,' the horse, where the woman mounts the man in reversal of the ordinary position.

    The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

  • DORA: I remember I told him how that came from equus, the Latin word for horse.

    EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974

  • DORA: I remember I told him how that came from equus, the Latin word for horse.

    EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974

  • Michael too, is terminal, so to speak, and his speech also constitutes yet another Von Trier equus reference, given Gehrig's nickname, "The Iron Horse" – or more literally and ultimately perhaps symbolically: he is a damn Yankee with cancer; her

    Michael Vazquez: 2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO) Michael Vazquez 2012

  • Donkeys, however -- equus asinus- where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

    Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus Will Durst 2010

  • Donkeys, however -- equus asinus - where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

    Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus 2010

  • Donkeys, however -- equus asinus - where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

    Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus 2010

  • Donkeys, however -- equus asinus- where we get the word asinine -- are principally known for stubbornness, a demonstration of which is now in session.

    Will Durst: Swamp Drainage Detritus Will Durst 2010

  • Not to beat this proverbial equus mortuus, but that's not necessarily so, Coop.

    Lionel: The "Comedy" Of Mocking The Teabaggers 2009

  • Please contact Astrid at info@equus-productions.com or 079000 83436 for all enquiries.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Thatsnews 2009

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