zebra : Idioms & Phrases
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burchell's zebra
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noun of the plains of central and eastern Africa
Burchell's zebra; Equus Burchelli.
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common zebra
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noun of the plains of central and eastern Africa
Burchell's zebra; Equus Burchelli.
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equus zebra zebra
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noun narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa
Equus zebra zebra.
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grevy's zebra
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noun zebra with less continuous stripes
Equus grevyi.
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mountain zebra
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noun narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa
Equus zebra zebra.
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Zebra caterpillar
- 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.
Webster 1913
zebra crossing
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noun street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
pedestrian crossing.
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zebra finch
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noun small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
Poephila castanotis.
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zebra mussel
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noun inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels
Dreissena polymorpha.
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Zebra opossum
- the zebra wolf. See under
Wolf .
Webster 1913
zebra orchid
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noun orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia
Caladenia cairnsiana.
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Zebra parrakeet
- 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 , andundulated parrot .
Webster 1913
Zebra poison
(Bot.) , 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. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Webster 1913
Zebra shark
- . Same as
Tiger shark , underTiger .
Webster 1913
Zebra spider
- a hunting spider.
Webster 1913
Zebra swallowtail
- a very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly (
Iphiclides ajax ), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; called alsoajax .
Webster 1913
Zebra wolf
- . See under
Wolf .
Webster 1913
zebra-tailed lizard
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noun swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
gridiron-tailed lizard; Callisaurus draconoides.