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eohippuses

eohippuses 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 eohippuses

What is eohippuses the plural of?
Eohippuses is the plural of eohippus.

Words near eohippuses in the dictionary

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

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