Definitions
Striped equine from Africa, often used as a pattern clue.
Word origin
First attested in 1600. Borrowed from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“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”) (Pliny), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).
Used in a sentence
“A group of zebras can be called a dazzle.”
“EDS charities around the world use a zebra logo to promote the idea that sometimes it really is that ‘rare’ condition.”
““People change countries for all kinds of reasons,” Ross tells me. “But at least one of them was that she had this light-skinned, mixed-race child who had already been called a zebra at school.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Striped African equine”5 letters
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