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Horses
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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