'Equine' definitions:
Definition of 'equine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Resembling a horse
adjective
Of or belonging to the family Equidae
noun
Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck [syn: equine, equid]
Definition of 'Equine'
From: GCIDE
- Equine \E"quine\, a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. a?va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j?r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a? to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. [1913 Webster]
- The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. --Sir J. Barrow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'equine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asinine,
- bovid,
- bovine,
- brood mare,
- caprid,
- caprine,
- charger,
- colt,
- courser,
- cowish,
- cowlike,
- critter,
- deerlike,
- dobbin,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- equestrian,
- filly,
- foal,
- gelding,
- goatish,
- goatlike,
- hircine,
- hoggish,
- hoofed,
- horse,
- horsy,
- Houyhnhnm,
- mare,
- mount,
- mulish,
- nag,
- ovine,
- piggish,
- prancer,
- ruminant,
- sheepish,
- sheeplike,
- stallion,
- steed,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- swinish,
- tarpan,
- top horse,
- ungulate,
- war-horse,
- wild horse