Definition of Hypohippus
:a genus of extinct long-necked long-bodied short-limbed horses showing adaptations for life in forests and known from remains found in the Miocene of America and the Pliocene of China
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Hypohippus
noun
Hy·po·hip·pus
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-pəs
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Origin and Etymology of hypohippus
New Latin, from hypo- + -hippus
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