zebra.
a zebra, a black-and-white striped equid of the genus Equus: Equus zebra, Equus quagga or Equus grevyi
Meaning & usage
a zebra, a black-and-white striped equid of the genus Equus: Equus zebra, Equus quagga or Equus grevyi
a zebra crossing, a pedestrian crossing
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”). The second sense is a shortening of zebrapad.
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