eohippus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An extinct early Eocene mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum), ancestral to the modern horse.
    — 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.

词形变化

eohippi plural eohippuses plural

词源

Originally a genus name, Eohippus, formed in New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). By surface analysis, eo- + Latin hippus.
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