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Meaning of "mesohippus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MESOHIPPUS

mesohippus  [ˌmesəʊˈhɪpʌs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESOHIPPUS

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Mesohippus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MESOHIPPUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mesohippus

Mesohippus

Mesohippus is an extinct genus of early horse. It lived some 30 to 40 million years ago from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. Like many fossil horses, Mesohippus was common in North America.

Definition of mesohippus in the English dictionary

The definition of mesohippus in the dictionary is any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESOHIPPUS


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pʌs
seropus
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESOHIPPUS

mesodermal
mesodermic
mesogastric
mesogastrium
mesoglea
mesogleal
mesogloea
mesognathism
mesognathous
mesognathy
mesokurtic
mesolite
Mesolithic
Mesolonghi
mesomere
mesomerism
mesomorph
mesomorphic
mesomorphism
mesomorphous

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESOHIPPUS

Apus
Aristippus
campus
cippus
corpus
eohippus
habeas corpus
hippocampus
hippus
Leucippus
lupus
Lysippus
octopus
off-campus
Olympus
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opus
pappus
platypus
Scopus

Synonyms and antonyms of mesohippus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mesohippus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESOHIPPUS

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The translations of mesohippus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mesohippus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mesohippus
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mesohippus
570 millions of speakers

English

mesohippus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mesohippus
380 millions of speakers
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mesohippus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mesohippus
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mesohippus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mesohippus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mesohippus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesohippus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mesohippus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メソヒップス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mesohippus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesohippus
85 millions of speakers
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mesohippus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mesohippus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेसोहिप्पस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mesohippus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mesohippus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mesohippus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mesohippus
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mesohippus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mesohippus
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

mesohippus
14 millions of speakers
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mesohippus
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

mesohippus
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Trends of use of mesohippus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOHIPPUS»

The term «mesohippus» is used very little and occupies the 173.249 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOHIPPUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mesohippus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESOHIPPUS»

Discover the use of mesohippus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mesohippus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North ...
(Mesohippus.) Osborn and Wortman 1895 A, p. 352. (Mesohippus.) Pavlow, M. 1888 A. (Mesohippus.) Schlosser, M 1880 B, p. 14. (Miohippus and Mesohippus, syns. of Anchitherium.) Scott, W. B. 1886 B. (Miohippus, Mesohippus.) 1891 B.
Oliver Perry Hay, 1902
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On the Osteology of Mesohippus and Leptomeryx: With ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Berryman Scott, 2012
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The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life
Greater change was made by Mesohippus, of the Oligocene. Though species varied in size, the typical Mesohippus was about 20 inches (51 cm.) high and 40 inches (1 m.) long, or about as large as a collie dog. The skull was slender and ...
Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas H. V. Rich, 1989
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Fossil Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of ...
This is usually depicted as a simple anagenetic progression of genera from Mesohippus to Miohippus, or a single trunk of the phylogenetic tree [e.g., Matthew 1930 (see Figure 3.11); Stirton 1940 (see Figure 3.12); Simpson 1951 ( see Figure ...
Bruce J. MacFadden, 1994
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Cenozoic Mammal Horizons of Western North America
K. Colodon ( = Mesotapirus) occi- dentalis Leidy j X Eqxjzdm. Mesohippus pmteulophua Os- i born X Mesohippus hypostvlus ' X □ " X (>s- Mesohippus celer Marsh Mesohippus montanensis born Mesohippus latidens Douglass.. Mesohippus ...
Henry Fairfield Osborn, William Diller Matthew, 1909
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Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its ...
Mesohippus celer appeared about 0 m.y. ago (Duchesean Age or late Eocene time). The animal stood about 2 in, 6 cm, or 6 hands at the shoulder. Mesohippus had three toes on each of its front and rear feet, and a fourth vestigial toe on its ...
Clarence A. Hall, Jr., 2007
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Equine Podiatry
FIGURE 7-3 Distal limb of Mesohippus. in the middle regions of the earth. Mesohippus needed to have good grinding teeth for the tougher grass, as it contained silica (a hard, abrasive material), and longer legs to outrun the predators that ...
Andrea Floyd, Richard Mansmann, 2007
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The Cenozoic Era: Age of Mammals
Mesohippus Mesohippus is a genus of extinct early and middle Oligocene horses . Members of the genus are commonly found as fossils in the rocks of the Badlands region of South Dakota, U.S. Mesohippus was the first of the three-toed  ...
John P. Rafferty, 2011
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Equine Science
Mesohippus. During the Oligocene epoch, about 35 million years ago, Earth's temperature and climate changed; conifers began to outnumber deciduous trees. The forest thinned, grass became more prevalent, and Mesohippus appeared.
Rick Parker, 2012
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Horses through Time
These horses are known from western Texas, Florida, and Oregon, in addition to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. In facial and body proportions, Mesohippus and Miohippus definitely had much more classic horselike features ...
Sandra L. Olsen, 2003

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESOHIPPUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mesohippus is used in the context of the following news items.
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The village witch: Artist Erika Wanenmacher's web of interconnections
The work was inspired by a dream about the Mesohippus' smaller, older cousin, the Eohippus. “In the dream, I was walking through a city street ... «Santa Fe New Mexican.com, Nov 14»
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Miller's Biology Textbook on Gradualism vs. Punctuated Equilibrium …
... the Oligocene transition from Mesohippus to Miohippus, conforms to ... species of Mesohippus and two of Miohippus, all contemporaries). «Discovery Institute, Jan 14»
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NYT Columnist Charles Blow Embarrassed and Sad about the 33 …
For example, just what motivated Eohippus / Hyracotherium from 50 million years ago to evolve into Mesohippus and finally, 5 million years ago ... «PJ Media, Jan 14»
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Sundays With The Christianists: A Biology Textbook That Explains …
A creationist looking at the fossils of the Eohippus or the Mesohippus or any others in an evolutionary line-up simply observes that they are ... «Wonkette, May 13»
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Sorry Obama, there's no correct answer on the horse-sized duck …
Mesohippus, a genus of Equidae, lived less than 40 million years ago, and was around 60cm tall. That's significantly closer to the size of ducks, ... «New Statesman, Jan 13»
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Gem and Mineral Show rocks Fairfield
But they're actually members of the horse family and they would have walked around -- these particular ones, Mesohippus, -- on three toes on ... «KTVO, Sep 12»
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To adapt, diversity is mammals' best defense
Mesohippus was an ancestor of the horse that lived approximately 30-40 million years ago. From the Eocene to the Pleistocene, the horse ... «Futurity: Research News, Apr 12»
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Diversity aided mammals' survival over deep time
Mesohippus was an ancestor of the horse that lived approximately 30-40 million years ago. From the Eocene to the Pleistocene, the horse ... «Vanderbilt University News, Apr 12»
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Teaching evolution to young Christian skeptics
He watched Bryce and his partner, Allie Farris, look at the illustration of a modern horse jaw he had posted next to the fossil of its Mesohippus ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 08»

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