zebra


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
zebra /ˈzɛbrə, ˈziːbrə/
noun an African wild horse with black-and-white stripes and an erect mane. [Equus burchellii and other species.]
– origin C17: from Ital., Sp., or Port., orig. in the sense ‘wild ass’, perh. ult. from L. equiferus, from equus ‘horse’ + ferus ‘wild’.
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