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/ˈiːəʊˌhɪpəs/ · noun
An extinct early Eocene mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum), ancestral to the modern horse..
An eohippus may "evolve" into a horse, but when we say that a society of hunters and gatherers evolves into a farming village, we are using the word "evolves" as a metaphor for a process of directional change.
Use eohippus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eohippus means An extinct early Eocene mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum), ancestral to the modern horse..
Common synonyms include dawn horse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
An eohippus may "evolve" into a horse, but when we say that a society of hunters and gatherers evolves into a farming village, we are using the word "evolves" as a metaphor for a process of directional change.
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