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Recent Examples of equid
Scientific American spoke with McDonnell and Sarah King, a behavioral ecologist at Colorado State University, who specializes in horses and other equids, to highlight some of the most interesting science around these year’s star animals.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
16 Feb. 2026
Recent studies show that wild equids are key to healthy ecosystems and play a vital role by increasing ecosystem resiliency and buffering against negative impacts of climate change.
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Jennifer Best,
Denver Post,
18 Aug. 2025
Tetanus was common, and millions of doses of antitoxin serum were produced using horses — another point of close contact between humans and equids during wartime.
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John Drake,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Whether this was the case for at least some of the equids at Casas del Turuñuelo is still a mystery.
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Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
12 Dec. 2023
Present-day equids, including horses, donkeys, and zebras, have only a single toe.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 June 2023
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
16 Feb. 2026
Recent studies show that wild equids are key to healthy ecosystems and play a vital role by increasing ecosystem resiliency and buffering against negative impacts of climate change.
—
Jennifer Best,
Denver Post,
18 Aug. 2025
Tetanus was common, and millions of doses of antitoxin serum were produced using horses — another point of close contact between humans and equids during wartime.
—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Whether this was the case for at least some of the equids at Casas del Turuñuelo is still a mystery.
—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
12 Dec. 2023
Present-day equids, including horses, donkeys, and zebras, have only a single toe.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equid
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Purchasing a racehorse often required hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, along with ongoing training, veterinary, and management expenses.
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Eighteen racehorses were inside the barn when the fire broke out.
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For return to flight, Blue Origin will not rebuilding the transporter-erector, but will instead use a crane to lift the rocket vertical on its launch mount.
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The engine mounts were closely inspected following the November crash, and going forward the spherical bearings will be replaced regularly, after every 4,000 cycles of takeoffs and landings.
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In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.
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The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.
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Renee Torbitt Coady Photography Thoroughbred runner Hit Show is a shining example of the American dream and as the United States celebrates its 250thbirthday, this striking gray race horse continues to chase greatness in the sport of kings.
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As the color guards and marching band made their way down Lafayette Street, intersections were closed to vehicle traffic and dozens of police officers cleared the street on horse, car and bicycle.
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Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
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Insulin can come from pig pancreases, estrogen from the urine of pregnant mares.
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But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
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The effort builds on roughly two years of development, during which the company has assembled the ancient bluebuck genome, created a reference genome using the roan antelope, completed comparative genomic analysis, and established foundational cellular and reproductive systems for the species.
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Scientific breakthroughs could also aid in antelope conservation Hofreiter and other researchers created a bluebuck genome from a specimen at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, identifying the roan and sable antelope as the bluebuck's closest living relatives.
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Suddenly, stickers with red, purple or orange edges became especially sought-after, and collectors have put huge bounties on ultra-rare, black-bordered, 1-of-1s — as in, one in the world — depicting Messi, Ronaldo, Lamine Yamal and other big stars.
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The result is a black that creates a ‘black-hole’ effect of virtually no reflected light at all.
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“Equid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equid. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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