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Recent Examples of equid
Two thirds of working equids suffer from harness wounds.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
But horses went extinct on the continent at the end of the last ice age; modern equids all hail from Africa and Eurasia, where domestication also occurred.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2026
The engravings include 90 camels, 17 ibex (a wild mountain goat), 15 equids (an animal from the horse family), 7 gazelles and 1 aurochs (a now-extinct cow), according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent studies show that wild equids are key to healthy ecosystems and play a vital role by increasing ecosystem resiliency and buffering against negative impacts of climate change.
—Jennifer Best, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Tetanus was common, and millions of doses of antitoxin serum were produced using horses — another point of close contact between humans and equids during wartime.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Whether this was the case for at least some of the equids at Casas del Turuñuelo is still a mystery.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
Present-day equids, including horses, donkeys, and zebras, have only a single toe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
But horses went extinct on the continent at the end of the last ice age; modern equids all hail from Africa and Eurasia, where domestication also occurred.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2026
The engravings include 90 camels, 17 ibex (a wild mountain goat), 15 equids (an animal from the horse family), 7 gazelles and 1 aurochs (a now-extinct cow), according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent studies show that wild equids are key to healthy ecosystems and play a vital role by increasing ecosystem resiliency and buffering against negative impacts of climate change.
—Jennifer Best, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Tetanus was common, and millions of doses of antitoxin serum were produced using horses — another point of close contact between humans and equids during wartime.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Whether this was the case for at least some of the equids at Casas del Turuñuelo is still a mystery.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
Present-day equids, including horses, donkeys, and zebras, have only a single toe.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equid
Noun
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The famous real-life 19th-century racehorse Lexington is at the center of this expansive novel that travels fluidly between antebellum South and modern-day Washington, DC.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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DeVaux and Ortiz cited Golden Tempo’s growth as a racehorse as decisive to his victory.—
Emily Ohman,
New York Times,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Paul, wild with concern, leaped from his mount and skidded down the bank.—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
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With each encounter, the mystery of Molineux’s whereabouts mounts, though the sense of foreboding is cut by the comedy of our hero’s haplessness.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
Noun
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In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.—
Dylan Olsen,
CBS News,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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My dad described nearly dying several times, once as a child from getting kicked in the head and chest by a horse.—
Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
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The company creates a separate legal entity for each horse and offers ownership interests to investors through SEC-qualified offerings.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Noun
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Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Noun
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One that began with a pregnant mare shot and abandoned in a field, barely alive.—
Nielsen Dinwoodie,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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First, find all your ilmenite-rich regions (which are typically in lunar mare, the dark patches on the moon that signify frozen seas of ancient lava).—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The roan colt is not just recognizable in the starting crush by his distinctive grey coat, looked at head-on, he’s easily seen by his bright royal blue padded noseband and the gold square on the black blinders whose fabric spans his forehead.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The effort builds on roughly two years of development, during which the company has assembled the ancient bluebuck genome, created a reference genome using the roan antelope, completed comparative genomic analysis, and established foundational cellular and reproductive systems for the species.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Her eyes were blue, and her robe was astral black.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
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Her hair, once again, was styled in a beautiful updo that gains volume at the back, while her lashes are coated in a rich, deep black.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
20 June 2026
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“Equid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equid. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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