Eohippus (n.) oldest known genus of the horse family, about the size of a fox and first known from fossil remains found in New Mexico, 1879, Modern Latin, from eo- "earliest" + Greek hippos "horse" (see equine). 展开全部 ▼ 例句和用法 1. The four-toed Eohippus preceded the three...
about the size of a small dog, and apparently lived in wooded areas.These animals had hooves but, in contrast to modern horses, they had four hoofed toes on the front feet, three on the rear, and the hooves were padded.Eohippus was also pug-nosed by comparison to modern horses, and it...