przewalskis-horse
skiz, ʃə- 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.
Also, Prze·val·ski's horse.
Compare tarpan.
Origin:
after Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʾskiĭ (Polish Przewalski) (1839–88), Russian explorer, the animal's first European observer (1876)
after Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʾskiĭ (Polish Przewalski) (1839–88), Russian explorer, the animal's first European observer (1876)
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| —n | |
| 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 | |
| [C19: named after the Russian explorer Nikolai Mikhailovich Przewalski (1839--88), who discovered it] | |
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