equine

Relating to horses

Equine means relating to horses or resembling a horse.

The word serves as the formal or technical adjective for horses, as canine does for dogs and feline for cats: equine diseases, equine veterinarian.

An equine face has a long, horse-like quality.

As a noun, an equine is a horse or related animal such as a donkey or zebra.

horse

stallion

Intact male breeding horse

  • mareFemale adult equine
  • foalYoung equine, under one
  • coltImmature male equine

filly · gelding · pony · mane · hoof · neigh · whinny · trot · gallop · canter

relatives

donkey

Long-eared equine

  • muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
  • hinnyMale horse, female donkey
  • burroSmall domesticated donkey

zebra · ass · onager · quagga · hybrid · jenny · jack

riding

saddle

Mounted rider's seat

  • bridleEquine control harness
  • bitSmall amount or portion
  • reinsBit-attached steering straps

stirrup · dressage · showjumping · polo · mounted · rider · horsemanship · tack · halter · lunge

scientific

ungulate

Mammal with hooves

placental · genus · species · taxonomy · anatomy · physiology · genetics · domestication · veterinary · evolution

cultural

Pegasus

Divine airborne horse

hippogriff · chariot · cavalry · knight · warhorse · carriage · stagecoach · draft · workhorse · bronco

racing

thoroughbred

Of pure ancestral line

furlong · handicap · track · turf · sprint · pace · stakes · purse · paddock · silks

wild

mustang

Free-roaming feral horse

  • feralWild after domestication
  • herdGrazing animals together
  • untamedNot domesticated

free-roaming · steppe · prairie · plains · roam · stampede · nomadic · ancestry · range · migration

Categories
Opposites
animal classification

equinebovine

Of the cattle family

canine · feline · porcine · ovine · caprine

Phrases
Family

equines, equitation, equine therapy

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G