ZEBRAS
Noun
zebras
plural of zebra
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Source: Wiktionary
ZEBRA
Ze"bra, n. Etym: [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native
African name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Either one of two species of South African wild horses
remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and
conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
Note: The true or mountain zebra (Equus, or Asinus, zebra) is nearly
white, and the bands which cover the body and legs are glossy black.
Its tail has a tuft of black hair at the tip. It inhabits the
mountains of Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its
wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness. The second
species (Equus, or Asinus, Burchellii), known as Burchell's zebra,
and dauw, inhabits the grassy plains of South Africa, and differs
from the preceding in not having dark bands on the legs, while those
on the body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered with long
white flowing hair. 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.
– Zebra opossum, the zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
– 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, and undulated parrot.
– 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).
– Zebra shark. Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger.
– Zebra spider, a hunting spider.
– Zebra swallowtail, a very large North American swallow-tailed
butterfly (Iphiclides ajax), in which the wings are yellow, barred
with black; -- called also ajax.
– Zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition