- horselike
- adjective see horse I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
horselike
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horselike — adjective a) Similar to a horse b) Similar to that of a horse; as, a horselike head … Wiktionary
horselike — adj. of a horse, resembling a horse, like a horse … English contemporary dictionary
horselike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a horse … Useful english dictionary
horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties … Universalium
zebra — zebralike, zebraic /zi bray ik/, adj. zebrine /zee bruyn, brin/, adj. /zee breuh/; Brit. also /zeb reuh/, n., pl. zebras, (esp. collectively) zebra. 1. any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a… … Universalium
gasterosteiform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Gasterosteiformes, a group of fishes characterized generally by soft fin rays, pelvic fins located on the abdomen, an air bladder without a duct to the gut, and a primitive kidney. Gill… … Universalium
Merychippus — ▪ paleontology extinct genus of early horses, found as fossils in deposits from the Middle and Late Miocene Epoch (16.4 to 5.3 million years ago). Merychippus descended from the earlier genus Parahippus. The tooth pattern in Merychippus is … Universalium
Horsly — Hors ly, a. Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kelpie — Kel pie, Kelpy Kel py, n.; pl. {Kelpies}. [Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kelpies — Kelpie Kel pie, Kelpy Kel py, n.; pl. {Kelpies}. [Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
