zebra
IPA: zˈibrʌ
noun
- Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
- (sports, slang) A referee.
- (medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
- (medicine, by extension) Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder
- (vulgar, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.
- (informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
- A zebra crossing.
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Z.
Examples of "zebra" in Sentences
- But the lion doesn't rape the zebra.
- The zebra is being chased by a lion.
- But the lion does not rape the zebra.
- The lion attacks the zebra, and kills it.
- Do all zebras have the same stripe pattern
- However stripes do help the zebra hide in the herd.
- However, stripes do help the zebra hide in the herd.
- The Zony is the result of crossbreeding a pony to a zebra.
- Examples of such animals are zebras, elephants, and wildebeest.
- Again the Japanese keeps the zebra, and the Norwegian drinks water.