MESOHIPPUS

Meaning of MESOHIPPUS in English

“+ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from mes- + -hippus

: a genus of No. American Oligocene 3-toed horses probably not on the direct ancestral line of the modern horses — see equidae illustration

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MESOHIPPUS — (n.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each …
Английский словарь Webster
MESOHIPPUS — ( n. ) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MESOHIPPUS — noun an extinct mammal of the horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each …
Webster English vocab
MESOHIPPUS — genus of extinct early and middle Oligocene horses (the Oligocene Epoch occurred from 36.6 to 23.7 million years ago) commonly …
Britannica English vocabulary
HORSE — a hoofed, herbivorous mammal of the family Equidae. It comprises a single species, Equus caballus, whose numerous varieties are called …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLIGOCENE EPOCH — major worldwide division of the Tertiary Period that began about 36.6 million years ago and ended about 23.7 million years …
Britannica English vocabulary
MIOHIPPUS — genus of extinct primitive horses that originated in North America during the middle Oligocene epoch (36.3 to 23.7 million years …
Britannica English vocabulary
ПАЛЕОНТОЛОГИЯ — ПАЛЕОНТОЛОГИЯ Ископаемые остатки позвоночных широко используются в стратиграфических исследованиях для определения возраста осадочных пород. Полезны они также для корреляции (сравнительной …
Русский словарь Colier

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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