hyracotherium

See also: Hyracotherium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hyracotherium (plural hyracotheriums or hyracotheria)

1. Any of the extinct genus †Hyracotherium of ungulates.
   • 2007 May 13, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Dinosaurigami”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A few mini-beasts occasionally turn up among the mega: an inventive set of paper flaps in the corner of one page illustrates the evolution of the modern wild horse from the diminutive hyracotherium, a cat-size equine ancestor from the Cenozoic era.