1. Word / Phrase: Forge
Meaning: (of a horse at a trot) to strike the forefeet with the shoes of the hind feet.
Context: US History worksheet
2. Word / Phrase: Equine
Meaning:
- of, pertaining to, or resembling a horse
- a horse.
Context: Horses and Ponies are herd animals and used to living as part of a group, feeling secure in the company of other equines and familiar surroundings.
3. Word / Phrase: Timid
Meaning:
- lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- characterized by or indicating fear
Context: They [horses] are timid by nature and their natural reaction to danger is to flee.
4. Word / Phrase: Perissodactyla
Meaning: nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
Context:Perissodactyla means "odd toed" and rhinos and tapirs belong to this order as well as horses.
5. Word / Phrase: Ungulates
Meaning:
- Having hooves.
- Resembling hooves; hooflike.
Context: From the previous dictionary definition.
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