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Meaning of MESOHIPPUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  North American 3-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses
 
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 See Also: Equus caballus, genus Mesohippus, horse

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mes`o*hip"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + ? a
horse.] (Paleon.)
An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a
sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
 
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