equus asinus

Questions about equus asinus

What does equus asinus mean?

equus asinus means "a wild ass of Africa". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for equus asinus?

Close synonyms include African wild ass, domestic ass, donkey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equus asinus a common word?

equus asinus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.