Zebra

What do we mean by zebra?

Any of several swift African mammals of the genus Equus, resembling the horse and having distinctive overall markings of alternating white and black or brown stripes. noun

Any of various striped organisms, such as a zebrafish. noun

A referee in football. noun

A name used by fish-culturists in England for hybrids between Salmo fario, the European trout, and Salmo fontinalis, the American brook-trout. noun

An American heliconiid butterfly, Apostraphia charithonia, with black, yellow-banded wings. It occurs in Central America, the West Indies, and the southern United States. Its larvæ feed on the passion-flower vine. noun

An African solidungulate mammal, related to the horse and ass, of the genus Equus and subgenus Hippotigris, having the body more or less completely striped. noun

Resembling the stripes of a zebra; having stripes running along the sides: as, the zebra markings on certain spiders.

Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands. noun

The larva of an American noctuid moth (Mamestra picta). It is light yellow, with a broad black stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants. noun

The zebra wolf. See under Wolf. noun

An Australian grass parrakeet, often kept as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents; the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are blue. Called also canary parrot, scallop parrot, shell parrot, and undulated parrot. noun

A poisonous tree (Euphorbia arborea) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison. noun

Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger. noun

A hunting spider. noun

A very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly (Iphiclides ajax), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also ajax. noun

See under Wolf. noun

An African animal, closely related to a horse, with black and white stripes. noun

A referee. noun

An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.") noun

A bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian. noun

Any of three species of genus Equus: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

A referee.

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".)

A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.

A fish, the zebra cichlid.

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

Words that are spelled similarly to zebra:
zebra, debra, zera, ebra, zehra, hebra, nebra, cebra, sebra, zabra, zeba, zebro.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word zebra:
quagga, equus, gemsbok, danio, mussels, mussel, wildebeest, zebras, hartebeest, kudu, eland, warthog, giraffe, striping, impala, cichlid, swallowtail, baboon, oryx, hyena, ostrich, gazelle, hippopotamus, antelope, springbok, cheetah, finch, rhinoceros, stripes, hippo, jackal, striped, donkey, dun, leopard, stallion, shark, moray, subspecies, dove, stripe, sable, ass, rhino, eel, tomato, invasive, snail, kid, butterfly, elephant, plains, predators, crossing, zoo, lion, elephants, namibia, mollusk, gastropod, monkeys, herd, monkey, routing, spotted, endangered, angola, mountainous, extinct, chip, buffalo, fish, endemic, species, tiger, freshwater, cape, wild, animals, kitchen, prey, technologies, lions, mountain, bird, grass, exhibit, legs, deer, threatened, birds, pattern, knight, giant, kenya, breeding, african, horses, horse, wildlife.

Words that rhyme with zebra:
libra.

Adjectives that are often used to describe zebra:
common, striped, dead, young, true, female, male, little, beautiful, wild, equus, black, few, big, somali, stuffed, white, adult, fat, hybrid, african, typical, real, purple, single, individual, lone, articulated, poor, easy, solitary, embarrassed, pseudotropheus, live, legged, abyssinian, newborn, dendrochirus, greedy, epithemia, perfect, anti, pound, rare, occasional, sick, faint, huge, miniature, slain, boiled, smaller, fake, green, finest, noble, tame, gentle, achatina, sunburned, neighboring, superb, fallen, circus, sleek, giant, south, gray, grown, grevy, east, helpless, frightened, thin, nice, infant, heterodontus.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective zebra:
fish, finches, stripes, skin, print, finch, mussel, wood, crossing, males, bodies, carcass, song, meat, mussels, nuclei, telencephalon, brain, skins, stripe, horse, eggs, crossings, grass, pattern, flesh, females, gut, steed, offspring, hide, larvae, control, mice, wolf, sire, sharks, mare, myopathy, incident, drinking, family, kensington, type, plant, populations, subspecies, shells, veligers, shirt, caterpillar.

Words that sound like zebra:
zebra, zebro, zebras, ziba, zebrass, zebah, sobre, sabra, sebra, sobra, subra, zara, zahra, zora, zebu, zera, zarah, zuber, zuba, zipporah, zehra, zorah, zepa, zorra, zaba, zubia, zippora, csaba, zauber, zubar, zerah, zober, zubird, zambra, zebrine, hebrew, libra, subaru, supra, libre, seba, seeber, seabird, siba, ceiba, sieber, siebert, ciba, sebree, seaborn, sea bird, cypre, tabora, sabry, sopra, cber, seaberg, ceba, cebra, rubra, seabert, c.p.u, sepra, zero, zipper, zorro, zippers, zapper, zia, zoro, zappa, sebring, xero, zeeb, zaira, ebra, zeri, zari, zarro, zori, zippered, zary, zappers, zopa, zabi, zobo, ziya, ziza, csea, zabo, zebroid, zebub, ziemba, zareba, ziebell, zebus, zetia, zibo, xero-, ziebarth.