E"quine (?), a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. , Skr. ava, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. jr, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine.
Sir J. Barrow.
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