Zebra

Definition of zebra:

part of speech: noun

African animal of the horse kind, marked with stripes.

part of speech: noun

An animal of the horse kind, beautifully striped.

part of speech: noun

An African wild animal of the horse family with black stripes on a white or tawny body.

Usage examples for zebra:

• Excellent pictures of various antelope, zebra an old and toothless lion, and an infuriated rhino were obtained. "The Blind Lion of the Congo", Elliott Whitney.

• He chose the different shades of green, squeezing the paint out on his plump little legs and arms, and rubbing it around with his fore finger until he was encircled with as many stripes as a zebra "Two Little Knights of Kentucky", Annie Fellows Johnston.

• That zebra kitty-" Before she could finish the sentence Edith heard the warning tinkle of the tea- bell, and sprang up suddenly, exclaiming: " Good- by, Mrs.- good- by, madam, I must go now. "Jimmy, Lucy, and All", Sophie May.

• All these sounds are heard distinctly in the following words: buy, die, fie, guy, high, kie, lie, my, nigh, eying, pie, rye, sigh, shy, tie, thigh, thy, vie, we, ye, zebra seizure. "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.