Zebra

Definitions

1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Z.
2. Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
3. A referee.
   slang
4. An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.
   slang
5. Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder
   broadly
6. A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person.
   derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
7. A zebra cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata).
   informal
8. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
9. A zebra crossing.
10. A fairy chess piece that is moved three squares in one direction and two at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

Equivalents

60 more languages

Afrikaanskwaggasebra

العربيةالحمار الوحشيّالعتابيّحمار الزَّرَدحمار وحشيحِمَار وَحْشِيّ مُخَطَّط+ 2 more

Българскизебра

বাংলাজেবরা

བོད་སྐད།རྐྱང་ཁྲ

Bosanskisebrazebrazebrezebriзебра+ 2 more

Catalàzebra

Češtinazebrazebří

Cymraegsebra

Ελληνικάζέβραζέβροςόναγρος

Esperantozebro

Euskarazebra

فارسیگورخر

Suomiseepra

Gaeilgeséabra

Gàidhligasal-stiallach

Galegocebra

עבריתזברה

हिन्दीगोरखर

Hrvatskisebrazebrazebrezebriзебра+ 2 more

Magyarzebra

Հայերենզեբրվագրաձի

Bahasa Indonesiakupu-kupu zebrazebra

Italianozebra

日本語シマウマ縞馬

ქართულიზებრა

한국어얼룩말

Kurdîzebra

Latinazebrazebratus

LëtzebuergeschZebra

Lingálampila

ລາວມ້າລາຍ

Lietuviųzebras

Latviešuzebra

Te Reo Māorihepara

Македонскизебра

Bahasa Melayukuda belangkuda loreng

မြန်မာမြင်းကျား

नेपालीजेब्रा

Nederlandszebra

Polskizebra

پښتوبييی

Portuguêszebra

Românăzebră

Русскийзебра

Српскиsebrazebrazebrezebriзебра+ 2 more

Sesothopitsi

Svenskasebrazebra

Kiswahilipunda milia

தமிழ்வரிக்குதிரை

తెలుగుచారలగుర్రము

ไทยม้าลาย

Tagalogsebra

Türkçezebra

Українськазебра

Tiếng Việtngựa vằn

isiXhosaiqwarhashe

Yorùbákẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ abilà

中文斑馬 /斑马福祿 /福禄花斑馬 /花斑马花條馬 /花条马+ 1 more

isiZuluidube

Examples

“A group of zebras can be called a dazzle.”

“"It's a zebra! George. OK, I should explain⟳. A zebra is..." "Medical slang for coming to an exotic diagnosis when a more simple explanation is more likely." "That's right. I was convinced that George, given his age and symptoms, had some kind of cardiac issue⟳. It fit, it made sense⟳. Because I was looking for the obvious when I should have⟳ been looking for the zebra! George is just having an allergic reaction to a combination of chemicals from all the stains and paints he's been using in the garage."”

“EDS charities around the world use⟳ a zebra logo to promote⟳ the idea that sometimes it really is that ‘rare’ condition.”

““I was told in medical school, ‘when you hear⟳ hoofbeats think⟳ horses, not zebras,’” she says. Many trainee doctors receive⟳ the same advice – when a patient presents with symptoms, “look⟳ for the common thing.” That’s why EDS patients commonly refer⟳ to themselves as zebras – and also use⟳ the fabulous collective noun “dazzle.” The name⟳ represents rarity and evokes the stripy stretch⟳ marks that are a common feature on EDS skin.”

““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.””

“On his way home he'd picked up two economy-sized bags of tortilla chips, and had dropped both when a twat in a Lexus honked him on a zebra . . .”

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