zebra
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishAnimalszebraze‧bra /ˈziːbrə, ˈze- $ ˈziːbrə/ noun [countable]
HBAan animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its bodyExamples from the Corpuszebra• Insofar as a zebra finch can be said to have a mind, the hormone is a mind-altering drug.• We ate raclette and gelato and haggis and reindeer and zebra and water buffalo.• And in the mountain zebra there is an unusual, fine grid-iron pattern along the central line.• The conversation continued, punctuated by the Frenchtaxicab calls of zebra finches.• Plus the best and most affordable selection of fake fur cushions in town - zebra, leopard, tiger among others.Origin zebra (1600-1700) Italian “wild donkey”
HBAan animal that looks like a horse but has black and white lines all over its bodyExamples from the Corpuszebra• Insofar as a zebra finch can be said to have a mind, the hormone is a mind-altering drug.• We ate raclette and gelato and haggis and reindeer and zebra and water buffalo.• And in the mountain zebra there is an unusual, fine grid-iron pattern along the central line.• The conversation continued, punctuated by the Frenchtaxicab calls of zebra finches.• Plus the best and most affordable selection of fake fur cushions in town - zebra, leopard, tiger among others.Origin zebra (1600-1700) Italian “wild donkey”- be of a piece
- be of French etc extraction
- be of French/Russian/Italian etc extraction
- be of good etc stock
- be of great etc help
- be of great etc help to
- be of great value
- be of great/little value
- be of great/little/no/some etc help (to somebody)
- be of interest
- be of Italian etc extraction
- be of limited use
- be of limited value
- be of little etc help
- be of little etc help to
- be of little value
- be of no etc help
- be of no etc help to
- be of no fixed abode
- be of no fixed address
- be of no interest to
- be of no use to
- be of one mind the same mind like mind
- be of one mind the same of like mind
- be of one mind/of the same mind/of like mind