equid
UK/ˈɛk.wɪd/
equid noun: any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
Noun
equid (plural equids)
Adjective
equid (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
- Come on, this is Tetrapod Zoology: you knew those asses would be of the equid kind, right?2013 September 5, Darren Naish, “Fantastic asses”, in Scientific American, New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2024
- Much like their equid cousins, the zebras and African wild asses, Przewalski's horses have never been successfully domesticated. […] The Przewalski's horse has 66 chromosomes, the most of any equid species.2014 February 3, Jason G. Goldman, “10 Things You Didn’t Know About Przewalski’s Horses”, in Scientific American, New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Forms of equid
| plural | equids |
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Origin of equid
An appellativization from Equid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin equ(us) (“horse”) + -id.
Questions about equid
- What does equid mean?
- Equid means any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
- What part of speech is equid?
- Equid can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce equid?
- Equid is pronounced /ˈɛk.wɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of equid?
- The plural of equid is equids.
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