| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
pale1 (peɪl) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking brightness of colour; whitish: pale morning light |
| 2. | (of a colour) whitish; produced by a relatively small quantity of colouring agent |
| 3. | dim or wan: the pale stars |
| 4. | feeble: a pale effort |
| 5. | (South African) a euphemism for White |
| —vb (often foll by before) | |
| 6. | to make or become pale or paler; blanch |
| 7. | to lose superiority or importance (in comparison to): her beauty paled before that of her hostess |
| [C13: from Old French palle, from Latin pallidus pale, from pallēre to look wan] | |
| 'palely1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'paleness1 | |
| —n | |
palea or pale (ˈpeɪlɪə) ![]() | |
| —n , pl paleae, pales | |
| 1. | Compare lemma the inner of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikelet |
| 2. | any small membranous bract or scale |
| [C18: from Latin: straw, chaff; see | |
pale or pale (ˈpeɪlɪə, ˈpeɪlɪˌiː) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Latin: straw, chaff; see | |
| paleaceous or pale | |
| —adj | |