English words for 'prehistoric animals'
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noun
noun
- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- troops trained to fight on horseback
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
- (poker slang) A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
- (mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- (slang) Heroin (drug).
- (military, sometimes uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
- (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia).
- A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
- A frame with legs, used to support something.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
- A breastband for a leadsman.
- (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
- An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
- (slang) A large and sturdy person.
- A jackstay.
- A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
- (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
- Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
- (prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
verb
- provide with a horse or horses
- (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
- To take or carry on the back.
- (by extension) To flog.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
- (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
- (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- (transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
adj
- (by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
- Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.
- Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
- (biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
- of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
noun
- A very old person.
- A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.
- (biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- a very old person
noun
noun
- any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo
- meat from an American bison
- large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
- An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
- (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.
- The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
- Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
- A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.
- Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
- (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
- (US slang) A nickel.
- (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
verb
noun
noun
- solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- troops trained to fight on horseback
- a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
- a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
- (poker slang) A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.
- (mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- (slang) Heroin (drug).
- (military, sometimes uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
- (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on WikipediaWikipedia).
- A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
- A frame with legs, used to support something.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
- A breastband for a leadsman.
- (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
- An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
- (slang) A large and sturdy person.
- A jackstay.
- A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
- (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
- (uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
- Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
- (prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
verb
- provide with a horse or horses
- (transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
- To take or carry on the back.
- (by extension) To flog.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
- (intransitive) Synonym of horse around.
- (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- (transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
noun
noun
- any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo
- meat from an American bison
- large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
- An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
- (slang, derogatory) An obese person, usually a woman.
- The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
- Ellipsis of buffalo robe.
- A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) A black male.
- Ellipsis of American buffalo (“gold bullion coin”).
- (slang, derogatory) A large or stupid person.
- (US slang) A nickel.
- (slang, US, historical) A looter during the Civil War.
verb
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adj
- (by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
- Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.
- Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
- (biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
- of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
noun
- A very old person.
- A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.
- (biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- a very old person