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Horses
Term | Definition |
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Allelomimetic Behavior | a range of activities in which the performance of a behavior increases the probability of that behavior being performed by other nearby animals. |
Bars | The bar of the horse is referring to the top and bottom mouth of the horse. |
Broodmare | A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. |
Cecum | a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines. |
Coldblood | Warm-blooded horse breeds were produced by crossing hot-blooded and cold-blooded horses. |
Colt | describes young male horses which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. |
Conformation | the shape or structure of something, especially an animal. |
Draft Horse | Large horses that were used for hard labor. |
English Riding | A form of horse riding throughout the world |
Equine | relating to or affecting horses or other members of the horse family. |
Equine Assisted Therapy | Equine-assisted therapy encompasses a range of treatments that involve activities with horses and other equines to promote human physical and mental health. |
Equines | a horse or other member of the horse family. |
Equus Asinus | Asinus is a subgenus of Equus that encompasses several subspecies of the Equidae |
Equus Caballus | It is a mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. Commonly knows as a horse |
Farrier | a craftsman who trims and shoes horses' hooves. |
Feral | A feral horse is a free-roaming horse of domesticated stock. As such, a feral horse is not a wild animal in the sense of an animal without domesticated ancestors. |
Filly | a young female horse, especially one less than four years old. |
Foal | A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses. More specific terms are colt for a male foal |
Foaling | To give birth to a foal |
Frog | The blood flows down the horse's leg into the digital cushion, a fibrous part of the inner hoof located just above the frog which contains a network of blood vessels. |
Gelding | a castrated animal, especially a male horse. |
Hand | The unit used to measure a horse. |
Hinny | a domestic equine hybrid that is the offspring of a male horse, a stallion, and a female donkey, a jenny. |
Hot blood | Horses that tend to be more nervous |
Imprinting | (of a young animal) come to recognize (another animal, person, or thing) as a parent or other object of habitual trust. |
Jack | A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare) |
Jennet | A jennet or Spanish jennet was a small Spanish horse. It was noted for a smooth naturally ambling gait, compact and well-muscled build, and a good disposition. |
Jenny | he hybrid cross between a male horse (stallion), and a female donkey (jenny, or jennet). |
Light Horse | were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry, who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. |
Mare | the female of a horse or other equine animal. |
Modified Monogastric | Digestive system of the horse |
Mule | A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. |
Pony | Small Horse |