zebra
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brə; noun, plural ze·bras ( especially collectively ) ze·bra.
1.
any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background: all zebra species are threatened or endangered.
2.
Also called zebra butterfly. a tropical butterfly, Heliconius charithonius, having black wings barred with yellow.
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Football Slang. an official, who usually wears a black and white striped shirt.
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zebra (ˈziːbrə, ˈzɛbrə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ras, -ra | |
| any of several mammals of the horse family (Equidae), such as Equus burchelli (the common zebra), of southern and eastern Africa, having distinctive black-and-white striped hides | |
| [C16: via Italian from Old Spanish: wild ass, probably from Vulgar Latin eciferus (unattested) wild horse, from Latin equiferus, from equus horse + ferus wild] | |
| 'zebra-like | |
| —adj | |
| zebraic | |
| —adj | |
| zebrine | |
| —adj | |
| 'zebroid | |
| —adj | |
| Zebra (ˈziːbrə, ˈzɛbrə) | |
| —n | |
| Compare zero a noninterest-paying bond in which the accrued income is taxed annually rather than on redemption | |
| [C20: from zero-coupon bond] | |
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Word Origin & History
zebra
1600, from It. zebra, perhaps from Port., earlier applied to a now-extinct wild ass, said to be Congolese [OED], or Amharic [Klein], but perhaps ult. from L. equiferus "wild horse," from equus "horse" + ferus (see fierce).
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Sensory axons covering the tail of a three-day-old larval zebra fish.
Imagine that you are a zebra, grazing in the savanna.
No such thing as zebra mussels back then, or any concern about water pollution, either.
Lately mine runs toward caramel apples, toddlers in zebra costumes and candy corn.
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