equine

Examples

• All

• The equine athlete showed remarkable speed during the competition.

• On the last podcast, I did mention equine therapy.

• Girls living in the equine world.

  Academic text (2018)

• What parts of him are human and what parts are equine?

  CarousHELL The 2nd (2021)

• We have a vet with a degree in equine dentistry.

  Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)

• Playfulness reveals yet another dimension of the equine world.

  Academic text (2018)

• Murphy squatted there beside him, his long equine face waiting for that subtle body language.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A long face, big teeth, lank hair, and eyes that shone with dark, equine clarity.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Adding one more perspective, Annie conveyed playful elements from her equine life.

  Academic text (2018)

• His excellency's royal stables preserve the purest equine bloodline in the world.

  Hidalgo (2004)

Synonyms

H

horsey

vsequine

• Informal

1 6.0

Looking or behaving like a horse

focuses on general relation to horses rather than specific looks or behavior

H

horselike

vsequine

3.6

Having the shape or movement of a horse

covers broader relation to horses beyond simple resemblance

E

equinus

vsequine

• Specialized

9.3

Having the shape or movement of a horse, often used in medicine to describe body parts

applies broadly to horses or their traits, not only medical deformities

Compounds

E

equine encephalitis

• Specialized

1 8.5

A disease spread by mosquitoes from horses that causes swelling of the brain and can infect people

E

equine distemper

• Specialized

7.7

A serious disease of horses caused by germs that makes the nose and throat sore and swollen

E

equine encephalomyelitis

• Specialized

9.1

A virus that makes a horse's brain and spinal cord swell and can spread to people by mosquito bites

How Horse-like

equine

9 6.6

horselike

3.6

horsey

• Informal

1 6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology