Zebra
['zebrə;'ziːbrə] or ['zɛbrə;'zi-]
Definition
(noun.) any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
Typist: Terrence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
Checker: Mortimer
Definition
n. a generic name given to the group of striped Equid?mdash;all of which are peculiar to the African continent—and thus including the Dauw or Burchell's Zebra the Quagga and the true or Mountain Zebra.—n. Zē′bra-wood the hard and beautifully striped wood of a Guiana tree.—adj. Zē′brine like the zebra.
Inputed by Effie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a zebra, denotes that you will be interested in varying and fleeting enterprises. To see one wild in his native country, foretells that you will pursue a chimerical fancy which will return you unsatisfactory pleasure upon possession.
Typist: Portia
Unserious Contents or Definition
The crook among horses, condemned to wear stripes for life.
Inputed by Heinrich
Examples
- The ass sometimes has very distinct transverse bars on its legs, like those on the legs of a zebra. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Several of the white ones were barred like zebras with rainbow stripes of blue and red and yellow paint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Rudolf