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horse
has definitions from the fields of zoology,medicine,pharmacology,sport,games,chess,military
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[ noun ] (zoology) solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Prior to the featured race , the stewards announced that apprentice James_P._Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The ambulance is drawn by two `` charming '' little horses . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)However , the dynamics of airflow , from morphologic considerations alone , may conceivably be different in the monkey than in the horse . The volume and , perhaps , even the characteristics of bronchial arterial blood flow might be different in the dog than in the horse . Also , interlobular air drifts may be all_but nonexistent in the cow ; probably occur in the horse much_as in the human_being ; and , in contrast are present to a relatively immense degree on a segmental basis in the dog where lobules are absent ( Van_Allen and Lindskog , ' 31 ) . Related terms equine saddle_horse mare pony wild_horse gee-gee high_stepper pinto pony protohippus mesohippus sorrel roan post_horse polo_pony hack eohippus hack chestnut racehorse steeplechaser stalking-horse harness_horse workhorse bay pacer stablemate liver_chestnut palomino Equus foal horseback horsemeat poll gaskin withers horse's_foot encolure |
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[ noun ] (sport,games) a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The parallel_bars , horse , buck , springboard , horizontal_bar , rings , and mats formerly in the school gyms were replaced by baseball , volleyball , basketball and football . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military) troops trained to fight on horseback
Synonyms Examples : "500 horse led the attack" Related terms |
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