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| chestnut |
a horse with a reddish brown coat, mane, and tail. [1/5 definitions] |
| gnu |
a large mammal with a large head and long, curving horns. Gnus live in Africa and are a kind of antelope. They have a beard, a mane, and a long tail. |
| horse |
a large mammal with long legs and hooves. A horse has a long neck with a mane, short hair, and a long tail. In the wild, horses live in herds and eat grass and other plants. For thousands of years, people have used horses for riding and for pulling or carrying loads. [1/3 definitions] |
| horsehair |
the hair of a horse, esp. when taken from the mane or tail. [1/2 definitions] |
| lion |
a large, very strong mammal with short tan fur. Male lions have a mane of longer hair around the neck and head. Lions live in parts of Africa and Asia. They are carnivores and are closely related to tigers, leopards, and other big cats that roar. |
| mandrill |
a large West African baboon with a beard, crest, and mane, a tawny coat, and, on the mature male, bright blue and red ribbed markings on the face. |
| nilgai |
a large Indian antelope, the male of which is bluish gray with short horns and a black mane, and the female tawny with no horns. |
| palomino |
one of a breed of horses that has a golden or tan coat and a yellowish white mane and tail. |
| sambar |
a large, reddish brown Asian deer with an erectile mane and three-pointed antlers. |
| sorrel1 |
an animal of this color, esp. a light reddish brown horse with an off-white mane and tail. [1/2 definitions] |
| wildebeest |
a large African antelope with an oxlike head, horns curving downward and outward, a beard and short mane, and a long tail; gnu. |
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