genus equus

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   type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae

   SynonymsEquus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofEquidae

Questions about genus equus

What does genus equus mean?

genus equus means "type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae".

What is another word for genus equus?

Close synonyms include Equus. 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 genus equus a common word?

genus equus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.