● eohippus nom masculin (du grec hippos, cheval) Petit équidé fossile de l'éocène d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, qui avait quatre doigts aux pattes de devant et trois aux pattes de derrière. ● eohippus (synonymes) nom masculin (du grec hippos, cheval) Petit équidé fossile de l'éocène d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord...
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eohippus — EOHÍPPUS s. (geol.) hiracoteriu. (Genul fosil de animale numit eohippus.) Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime EOHÍPPUS s. m. gen fosil de ecvide imparicopitate, cel mai vechi strămoş al calului. (< fr. éohippus) Trimis de raduborza … Dicționar Român
eohippus — eo*hip pus ([=e] [ o]*h[i^]p p[u^]s), n. [Gr. hw s dawn + ipposhorse.] an extinct primitive dog sized 4 toed Eocene mammal, the earliest horse known in the line of descent of the modern horse. It is classed in the extinct genus {Hydracotherium}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eohippus — Eohippus, s. Einhufer … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Eohippus — oldest known genus of the horse family, 1879, from Mod.L., from Gk. eos (see EO (Cf. eo )) + hippos horse (see EQUINE (Cf. equine)) … Etymology dictionary
eohippus — [ē΄ō hip′əs] n. [ModL < EO + HIPPUS] an extinct progenitor (genus Hyracotherium) of the modern horse, found in the Lower Eocene of W U.S.: it was about the size of a fox and had four toes on the front feet and three on the hind … English World dictionary
Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium … Wikipédia en Français
Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium, Zeichnung von Heinrich Harder Zeitraum Eozän 60 bis 45 Mio. Jahre Fossilfundorte … Deutsch Wikipedia
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… … Universalium
Eohippus — Hyracotherium Hyracotherium n. An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus {Eohippus}. Syn: genus {Hyracotherium}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eohippus — noun Etymology: New Latin, from eo + Greek hippos horse more at equine Date: circa 1879 any of a genus (Hyracotherium syn. Eohippus) of very small primitive horses from the Lower Eocene having 4 toed forefeet and 3 toed hind feet called also dawn … New Collegiate Dictionary
