hipparionine

English

Noun

hipparionine (plural hipparionines)

  1. Any extinct horse of the tribe †Hipparionini.

Adjective

hipparionine (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the extinct horse tribe †Hipparionini.
  2. Relating to, or characteristic of the hipparion.
    • 2007, Winfried Henke, Handbook of Paleoanthropology:
      The hipparionine horses arose in North America during the Middle Miocene and differed significantly from Anchitherium and other similar equids in the development of very high-crowned cheek teeth as a response to the more sclerophyllous, harder vegetation.
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