Przewalski's horse

or Prze·val·ski's horse

[ pshuh-vahl-skeez, shuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a wild horse, Equus caballus przevalskii, chiefly of Mongolia and Sinkiang, characterized by light yellow coloring and a stiff, upright black mane with no forelock: the only remaining breed of wild horse, it is now endangered and chiefly maintained in zoos.

Przewalski's horse

/ ˌpɜːʒəˈvælskɪz /

a wild horse, Equus przewalskii, of W Mongolia, having an erect mane and no forelock: extinct in the wild, only a few survive in captivity

After Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʾskiĭ ( Polish Przewalski ) (1839–88), Russian explorer, the animal's first European observer (1876)

C19: named after the Russian explorer Nikolai Mikhailovich Przewalski (1839–88), who discovered it

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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