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ZEBRA

Pronunciation (US):

• ZEBRA (noun)
The noun ZEBRA has 1 sense:

1. any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

Familiarity information: ZEBRA used as a noun is very rare.

• ZEBRA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("zebra" is a kind of...):

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zebra"):

Burchell's zebra; common zebra; Equus Burchelli (of the plains of central and eastern Africa)

Equus zebra zebra; mountain zebra (narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa)

Equus grevyi; grevy's zebra (zebra with less continuous stripes)

Holonyms ("zebra" is a member of...):

Equus; genus Equus (type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae)

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(English proverb)
"Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful"
(Breton proverb)
"Ignorance is the worst acquaintance."
(Arabic proverb)
"Don't go to the pub without money."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of common zebra
Meaning of Equus
Meaning of grevy's zebra
Meaning of Equus Burchelli
Meaning of genus Equus

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