Przewalski's horse

noun

Prze·​wal·​ski's horse pshə-ˈväl-skēz- 

shə-, 

ˌpər-zhə-ˈväl-

variants or Przewalski horse

pshə-ˈväl-skē- 

shə-, 

ˌpər-zhə-ˈväl-

: a small stocky bay- or dun-colored wild horse (Equus ferus przewalskii synonym E. przewalskii) of central Asia having a large head and short erect mane and now existing chiefly in captivity

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Examples of Przewalski's horse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Przewalski's horses are known as the last surviving lineage of true wild horses. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

Scientists, though, urge that there needs to be more work done to ensure the future survival of the Przewalski's horse, per the release. — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2023

North Carolina's red wolves, the Eurasian beaver and Przewalski's horse have in common? — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 16 Apr. 2021

In an effort to increase genetic diversity among horses, scientists have gone sci-fi and used frozen 40-year-old cells to create Kurt, the very first clone of a Przewalski's horse. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2020

An hour’s drive outside Ulaanbaatar, Hustai National Park is the home of 311 Przewalski's horses, an animal that went extinct in the wild but was reintroduced to this land in 1992. — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2025

Przewalski's horses are considered the world's last species of wild horses, according to an article from the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025

Archaeological evidence of horse domestication points to the Botai culture of Central Asia at least 5,500 years ago, but those horses are genetically related to the wild Przewalski's horse, not domestic horses. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2019

Word History

Etymology

Nikolaĭ M. Przhevalskiĭ †1888 Russian soldier & explorer

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Przewalski's horse

• bourse
• coarse
• course
• force
• gorse
• hoarse
• norse
• source
• concourse
• divorce
• endorse
• enforce