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Definition of: zebra
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(zē′brə) noun
Any of various African equine mammals resembling the ass, having a white or yellowish-brown body fully marked with variously patterned, dark-brown or blackish bands; especially, the true or mountain zebra (Equus zebra) of the Cape of Good Hope Province and Grevy's zebra. (E. grevyi) of Abyssinia and northeast Africa. [<Pg. <Bantu (Congo)]
—ze′brine (-brēn, -brin), ze′broid (-broid) adjective
(From 10½ to 13 hands high at the withers)
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