Pliohippus

noun

Plio·​hip·​pus

ˌplīōˈhipəs

: a genus of extinct one-toed horses from the North American Pliocene having strongly hypsodont molar teeth

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pleio- + -hippus

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