From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Equine \E"quine\, a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr.
?, Skr. a?va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j?r, OIr. ech, cf.
Skr. a? to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge,
eager, a. Cf. {Hippopotamus}.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
[1913 Webster]
The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the
head completely bovine. --Sir J.
Barrow.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equine
adj 1: resembling a horse
2: of or belonging to the family Equidae
n 1: hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a
narrow mane along the back of the neck [syn: {equine},
{equid}]
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