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eohippi

eohippi is the plural of eohippus.

Meaning of eohippus

Noun

eohippus (plural eohippi or eohippuses)

  1. An extinct early Eocene mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum), ancestral to the modern horse.
    • An eohippus may "evolve" into a horse, but when we say that a society of hunters and gatherers evolves into a farming village, we are using the word "evolves" as a metaphor for a process of directional change.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 61

Questions about eohippi

What is eohippi the plural of?
Eohippi is the plural of eohippus.

Words near eohippi in the dictionary

  1. eogenetic
  2. Eoghan
  3. EOGs
  4. eogyrinid
  5. eogyrinids
  6. eohippi
  7. eohippus
  8. eohippuses
  9. EOI
  10. EOIL
  11. EOIs

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