The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Hyracotherium, into the large, single-toed animal of today.
symbol. (noun) Anything that represents something else. Example: @ means at, $ means United States dollar, % means percentage, Â© means copyright, Â® means registered, â¬ means euro, Â¥ means yen, and â means infinity. Audio Pronunciation: (symÂ·bol). Download Audio Pronunciation: symbol.mp3. Usage Notes: 1  Plural: symbols. 2  Also called symbolic representation. 3  Types: status symbol.
staff-a rod carried as a symbol. icon - (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface. marking, mark, marker-a distinguishing symbol; the owner's mark was on all the sheep. identifier-a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it. variable-a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity.