About The Word Mesohippus

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Mesohippus to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Mesohippus definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Mesohippus

Mesohippus Meaning & Definition
Mesohippus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mesohippus?

[n] North American 3-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mesohippus:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mesohippus:

See Also | Equus caballus | genus Mesohippus | horse

Mesohippus In Webster's Dictionary

\Mes`o*hip"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + ? a horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Bond rating ‐ an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular…
  • Giant reed ‐ large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in…
  • Whatchamacallit ‐ miscellaneous unspecified artifacts; "the trunk was full…
  • Monotheistic ‐ believing that there is…
  • Hydromyinae ‐ water rats of Australia and…
  • Ventral placentation ‐ with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple…
  • Ripen ‐ grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July" [v] cause to ripen or develop…
  • Alpha and omega ‐ the basic meaning of something; the crucial part [n] the first…
  • Robeson ‐ United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and…
  • Tadpole ‐ a larval…