Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fossil perissodactyls of the tapiroid section, referred to the family Lophiodontidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An extinct horse genus, formerly called genus
Eohippus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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"If he is a genuine hyracotherium, unusually special," said Varian in a strangled voice.
Cattle Town 2010
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"A hyracotherium, or I miss my guess," said Trizein with the forced joviality an adult often displayed for the unknown quantity of a youngster.
Cattle Town 2010
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"Tyrannosaurus Rex, I called him fang-face, hadrosaurs of all varieties, crested, helmeted, hyracotherium, pteranodons which I call golden fliers, or giffs."
Survivors McCaffrey, Anne 1984
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"We did have an orphan hyracotherium for a pet," Kai broke off, then finished as if his pause had been to swallow, "but that was before we went cryo."
Survivors McCaffrey, Anne 1984
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"Would she remember where you found the hyracotherium, Kai?"
Survivors McCaffrey, Anne 1984
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"We can try the swamps where we found the hyracotherium tomorrow," Varian suggested and Lunzie agreed that this might be a more profitable site for the purple moss.
Survivors McCaffrey, Anne 1984
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"A hyracotherium, or I miss my guess, " said Trizein with the forced joviality an adult often displayed for the unknown quantity of a youngster.
Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978
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"If he is a genuine hyracotherium, unusually special, " said Varian in a strangled voice.
Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978
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Such experts believe our horse originated in Europe from the hyracotherium.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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