Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ZEBRA
ZEBRA
Definitions of ZEBRA
- A zebra crossing.
- 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, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
- (informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.
- Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Z.
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
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