eohippus

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English

Etymology

Originally a genus name, Eohippus, formed in New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, dawn) + ἵππος (híppos, horse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːəʊˌhɪpəs/

Noun

eohippus (plural eohippi or eohippuses)

  1. An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 61:
      An eohippus may "evolve" into a horse, but when we say that a society of hunters and gatherers evolves into a farming village, we are using the word "evolves" as a metaphor for a process of directional change.

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