noun.
A small herbivorous equid of the genus Hyracotherium (syn. Eohippus) of the Eocene Epoch, having an arched back, relatively short neck, four-toed front feet, and three-toed hind feet.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A genus of fossil perissodactyls of the tapiroid section, referred to the family Lophiodontidæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus Eohippus.
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noun.
extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus
Word Usage
"In Europe the little creature was given the totally erroneous name hyracotherium, because his discoverers could not imagine him to be related in any way to the horse; they classified him as a forebear of the hyrax, a small shrew-like animal, the cony of the Old Testament."