🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ウマ科動物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: umaka dōbutsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Equid/ˈiːkwɪd/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"シマウマはアフリカに生息するウマ科動物です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A mammal of the horse family (Equidae), which includes horses, asses, zebras, and related extinct species.

    "Biologists tracked the migration patterns of the wild equid across the arid plains."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of horses and other members of the horse family.

    "Researchers identified unique equid social structures that differ significantly from other grazing animals."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the modern Latin family name Equidae, coined from the Latin 'equus' meaning 'horse', combined with the taxonomic suffix '-idae'. It entered scientific English in the 19th century to systematically classify members of the horse family.

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