Is Equus a Real Word?

The word equus is Latin for "horse" and is cognate with the Greek ἵππος (hippos, "horse") and Mycenaean Greek i-qo /ikkʷos/, the earliest attested variant of the Greek word, written in Linear B syllabic script.

Is Equus in the dictionary?

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae — horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers.

What Equus means?

: a genus of the family Equidae that comprises the horses, asses, zebras, and related recent and extinct mammals.

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