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Horsey Hall
Horsey may refer to: * Horse, in baby-talk Places The name comes from Anglo-Saxon "hors-eg" and means horse-island. * Horsey, Norfolk, England * Horsey, Somerset, England * Horsey, Virginia, United States * Horsey Down, near Lechlade * Horsey Island, near Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, England * Horsey Island, Devon, a nature reserve near Braunton, England; see Braunton Canal#Braunton New Cut, Braunton Canal * Horsey Mere, one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England People * David Horsey (born 1951), American editorial cartoonist * David Horsey (golfer) (born 1985), English professional golfer * Edward Horsey (1525–1583), conspirator against Queen Mary I of England * Henry R. Horsey (1924–2016), American jurist * Jerome Horsey (c. 1550–1626), English explorer, diplomat and politician * John Horsey (died 1546) (1489–1546), knight of Henry VIII of England * John Horsey (died 1564) (1510–1564/65), knight of Henry VIII, son of above * Michael Horsey (born 1949), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, '' Eohippus'', into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BCE in Central Asia, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. Horses in the subspecies ''caballus'' are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, which are horses that have never been domesticated. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior. Horses are adapted to run, allowing them to quickly escape predator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
