eohippus

英 [,iːəʊ'hɪpəs] 美[,io'hɪpəs]
  • n. 始祖马
  • [ 复数 eohippuses ]

英英释义


1. earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene animal

英文词源


Eohippus (n.)
oldest known genus of the horse family, about the size of a fox and first known from fossil remains found in New Mexico, 1879, Modern Latin, from eo- "earliest" + Greek hippos "horse" (see equine).