Animals - Equines

Here you will learn the names of equines in English such as "steed", "zebra", and "pony".

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Animals
pony [noun]

a type of horse that is small in size

Ex: The pony stood calmly as the little girl brushed its mane .
chestnut [noun]

a horse with a reddish-brown coat

Ex: She bought a young chestnut from the breeder .
roan [noun]

an animal, especially a horse that has an even mixture of white and colored hair on its coat

palomino [noun]

a cream or golden horse with a white tail and mane

mustang [noun]

a small horse that lives freely in the plains of the US

a large strong horse that is kept on farms for heavy work

bay [noun]

a horse with a moderate reddish-brown coat and black mane, tail, and lower legs

Ex: The bay trotted gracefully across the pasture .
mount [noun]

a light horse kept primarily for riding

Ex:
Arab [noun]

a breed of horse known for their beauty, endurance, and agility

cob [noun]

a small, sturdy horse with a short body and strong legs, often used for riding or driving

charger [noun]

a strong and fast horse trained for use in battle

Ex: The charger galloped across the battlefield .
hack [noun]

a horse used for general riding or transportation rather than for competition or sport

Ex: Farmers often kept a hack for errands .
nag [noun]

A horse of low quality, often considered old or worn-out

a horse bred and trained specifically for racing

a large breed of draft horse, typically used for pulling heavy loads and agricultural work

a horse that shares a stable or a horse that is kept in the same stable as another

Ex: The trainer believes that having strong stablemates helps improve a horse 's performance .
steed [noun]

A strong and fast horse used for riding

A breed of horse developed for racing and characterized by speed, agility, and a long, slim body

warhorse [noun]

a horse that is trained for battle or used by soldiers in a war

a horse that lives in the wild, is not domesticated, and has adapted to living in the wild

wild ass [noun]

a tough animal that lives in Asia and Africa, has a fawn-colored coat, and eats plants

onager [noun]

a wild ass native to Central Asia

cayuse [noun]

a small, hardy breed of horse developed by the Nez Perce tribe of the Pacific Northwest

a large draft horse breed originating in Scotland, known for its strength, size, and feathering on the lower legs

hackney [noun]

a breed of horse known for its elegant movement and high-stepping gait

morgan [noun]

an athletic, and gentle breed of horse developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the United States by Justin Morgan

a breed of draft horse originally from the Perche region of France, known for its strength, size, and agility

a breed of horse characterized by its spotted coat pattern and often used in western riding

pinto [noun]

a color pattern found in horses, characterized by large, irregular patches of white and another color

hinny [noun]

the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey, characterized by its smaller size and longer ears than a horse

a species of zebra, scientifically known as Equus zebra, native to the mountainous regions of Southwestern Africa

a large, endangered species of zebra with narrow stripes and a distinctive white belly

zebra [noun]

a wild animal that lives in Africa, which is like a horse, with black-and-white stripes on its body

Ex: Zebras use their stripes as a form of camouflage , making it difficult for predators to single out individual animals within a herd .
kiang [noun]

a large wild ass found on the Tibetan Plateau

zorse [noun]

a hybrid animal that is the result of crossbreeding a zebra stallion with a horse mare, resulting in an animal with distinctive striped markings on its body and traits from both parent species

zonkey [noun]

a hybrid animal that is the result of crossbreeding a zebra with a donkey, resulting in an animal with characteristics of both species, including a striped coat and long ears

a gaited breed of horse developed in Tennessee, known for its smooth and distinctive running walk