mesohippus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses

WordNet


Mes`o*hip"pus noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. middle + a horse.
Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

Webster 1913