Equus

See also: equus

Translingual

Equus ferus przewalskii

Etymology

From Latin equus (“horse”).

Proper noun

Equus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers.

Hypernyms

• (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Perissodactyla - order; Equoidea - superfamily; Equidae - family; Equinae - subfamily; Equini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Equus asinus, Equus burchelli (obsolete), Equus caballus, Equus ferus, Equus grevyi, Equus hemionus, Equus kiang, , Equus quagga, Equus zebra (species)
  • (extinct species): , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

References

• Equus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Equus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Equus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Latin

Proper noun

Equus m sg (genitive Equī); second declension

1. The constellation Pegasus.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Equus
Genitive	Equī
Dative	Equō
Accusative	Equum
Ablative	Equō
Vocative	Eque