equid

American  

[ek-wid] / ˈɛk wɪd /

noun

1. equine.

   We are concerned with the question of why so many wild equids are threatened with extinction.

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equid Scientific  

/ ĕk′wĭd,ē′kwĭd /

1. Any of various hoofed mammals of the family Equidae, which includes horses, donkeys, and zebras. Equids have muscular bodies with long, slender legs adapted for running and a single hoofed digit at the end of each limb.

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Etymology

Origin of equid

First recorded in 1885–90; from New Latin Equidae, family name; equivalent to Latin equ(us) “horse” + -idae ( def. )

Example Sentences

The texts describe complex animal husbandry programs devoted to breeding kungas from two separate species of equid, but they don’t detail what those species were and whether the resulting offspring was sterile.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022

The bones weren’t from a single species of equid, the researchers report today in Science Advances.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022

One such image featured 21 dogs, two with leashes, surrounding an equid and its children.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017

Much like their equid cousins, the zebras and African wild asses, Przewalski’s horses have never been successfully domesticated.

From Scientific American • Feb. 3, 2014

The Przewalski’s horse has 66 chromosomes, the most of any equid species.

From Scientific American • Feb. 3, 2014