equine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
    equid.
  2. adjective resembling a horse
  3. adjective of or belonging to the family Equidae

WordNet

E"quine adjective
Etymology
L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. , Skr. ava, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. jr, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.
Definitions
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
    The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow.

Webster 1913