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hipparionine

hipparionine noun: any extinct horse of the tribe †Hipparionini.

Noun

hipparionine (plural hipparionines)

  1. Any extinct horse of the tribe †Hipparionini.

Adjective

hipparionine (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the extinct horse tribe †Hipparionini.
  2. Relating to, or characteristic of the hipparion.
    • The hipparionine horses arose in North America during the Middle Miocene and differed significantly from Anchitherium and other similar equids in the development of very high-crowned cheek teeth as a response to the more sclerophyllous, harder vegetation.2007, Winfried Henke, Handbook of Paleoanthropology

Forms of hipparionine

pluralhipparionines

Questions about hipparionine

What does hipparionine mean?
Hipparionine means any extinct horse of the tribe †Hipparionini.
What part of speech is hipparionine?
Hipparionine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of hipparionine?
The plural of hipparionine is hipparionines.

Words near hipparionine in the dictionary

  1. hipparch
  2. Hipparchian
  3. hipparchs
  4. Hipparchus
  5. hipparion
  6. hipparionine
  7. hipparions
  8. hippeastrine
  9. hippeastrum
  10. hippeastrums
  11. hipped

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