equid

Definitions of equid

1. noun

   hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
   synonyms: equine

   types:

   Equus caballus, horse

   solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

   ass

   hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse

   mule

   hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

   hinny

   hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

   zebra

   any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

   Equus quagga, quagga

   mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century

   roan

   a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray

   stable companion, stablemate

   a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person

   gee-gee

   a word for horse used by children or in adult slang

   dawn horse, eohippus

   earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal

   mesohippus

   North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses

   protohippus

   Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size

   male horse

   the male of species Equus caballus

   female horse, mare

   female equine animal

   mount, riding horse, saddle horse

   a lightweight horse kept for riding only

   pony

   a range horse of the western United States

   polo pony

   a small agile horse specially bred and trained for playing polo

   wild horse

   undomesticated or feral domestic horse

   hack

   a horse kept for hire

   hack, jade, nag, plug

   an old or over-worked horse

   pony

   any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder

   bangtail, race horse, racehorse

   a horse bred for racing

   steeplechaser

   a horse trained to run in steeplechases

   stalking-horse

   a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

   harness horse

   horse used for pulling vehicles

   workhorse

   a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor

   post horse, post-horse, poster

   a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers

   pacer

   a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

   high stepper, stepper

   a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting

   chestnut

   a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse

   liver chestnut

   a solid dark brown horse

   bay

   a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color with a dark tail and mane

   sorrel

   a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

   palomino

   a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail

   pinto

   a spotted or calico horse or pony

   Equus asinus, domestic ass, donkey

   domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn

   jack, jackass

   male donkey

   jennet, jenny, jenny ass

   female donkey

   wild ass

   any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa

   Burchell's zebra, Equus Burchelli, common zebra

   of the plains of central and eastern Africa

   Equus zebra zebra, mountain zebra

   narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa

   Equus grevyi, grevy's zebra

   zebra with less continuous stripes

   type of:

   odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal

   placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot