equine
adjective /ˈek.waɪn/ formalDefinition
› connected with horses, or appearing similar to a horse: equine flu The portraits showed an aristocratic family with long equine faces.Horses and similar animals
(Definition of equine adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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