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horse

noun \ˈhȯ(ə)rs\
plural hors·es also horse

Medical Definition of HORSE

:  a large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal of the genus Equus (E. caballus) domesticated since prehistoric times

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8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. horse (noun)
  2. horse bot (noun)
  3. horse botfly (noun)
  4. horse tick (noun)
  5. African horse sickness (noun)
  6. charley horse (noun)
  7. Potomac horse fever (noun)
  8. tropical horse tick (noun)
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