Hippotigris

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, nominative plural of formation from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + τῐ́γρῐς (tĭ́grĭs, “tiger”), describing an equine with tigerlike stripes.[1][2]

Proper noun

Hippotigris m

  1. A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Equus – zebras.

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ Nores, Carlos; Muñiz, Arturo Morales; Rodríguez, Laura Llorente; Bennett, E. Andrew; Geigl, Eva-María (2015), “The Iberian Zebro: what kind of a beast was it?”, in Anthropozoologica, volume 50, →DOI, pages 21–32
  2. ^ Plumb, C.; Shaw, S. (2018), Zebra‎[1], Reaktion Books, →ISBN
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