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Horses

Any of various equine mammals, or even certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

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knot, quick release

Animals; Horses

A type of knot used to tie up horses that can be untied quickly in case of emergency.

extension

Animals; Horses

Lowering and lengthening of a particular frame and stride

caslick

Animals; Horses

The surgical technique in which the vulvar lips of the mare are cut and sutured so that they grow together making the vulvar opening smaller.

curb

Animals; Horses

A type of leverage bit with shanks and generally a hump in the middle called the port.

turn on the haunches (hindquarters)

Animals; Horses

Maneuver in which the horse's forehand rotates around his hind end.

premolars

Animals; Horses

The teeth that are located in front of the molars.

lymph

Animals; Horses

A usually clear fluid similar to blood serum; it may be free in the tissues of the body, in lymph vessels, or part of the blood.

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