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Definition of Mesohippus
1. Noun. North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses.
Definition of Mesohippus
1. n. An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
Medical Definition of Mesohippus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesohippus
Literary usage of Mesohippus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"mesohippus Bairdi. Skull, longitudinal section, oc occipital condyle ; BS basi-sphenoid
... mesohippus Bairdi. Right innominate bone, from the side. ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"... kerosene are inherent in the nature of the oil, and can not be removed by any
possible treatment or manipulation. ON THE TOOTH-STRUCTURE OF mesohippus ..."
3. First Book in Geology by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1898)
"Yet later we have the mesohippus or half-way horse. There are still three toes
on the hind foot, ..."
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