zebra

IPA: zˈibrʌ

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

A zebra is roaming the Little Hocking area in Ohio.
And, as they say, a zebra is a horse designed by a committee.
"When I first saw it, I thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing, what we call a zebra,"
For example, hidden between a whale and a zebra is a "snakamel", a snake with a camel's head.
When a momentarily striped animal was called a zebra, it was tricked into believing it could only be one form, one thing.
First, there is the true zebra (_Equus zebra_), perhaps the most beautiful of all quadrupeds, and of which no description need be given.
Thus the horse, in the nomenclature of the naturalist, is termed _Equus caballus_; the ass, _Equus asinus_; and the zebra, _Equus zebra_.
"Let's see, I heard it over the wire, and Mr. Jenks was all broke up over the catastrophe, so he mixed things up some; but I remember he said all the camels and the elephants had lit out, ditto their trained ostrich that draws a cart around the ring like a hoss; and there was some monkeys that broke loose too, yes, and now I think of it he did mention a striped animal which he called the zebra; and I think he said a lot of lions and tigers, and also a few others I can't recall for the moment!"