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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

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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.

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