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Protohippus

Protohippus Meaning & Definition
Protohippus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Protohippus?

[n] Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size

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See Also | Equus caballus | genus Protohippus | horse

Protohippus In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro`to*hip"pus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? first + ? horse.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.

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