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zebra

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for zebra.

Editorial note

Fun fact, single colonies of zebra mussels may contain over 70,000 mussels per square meter!

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Quick take

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of zebra gathered in one view.

noun

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

noun

A zebra crossing.

noun

(sports, slang) A referee.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for zebra.

noun

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

noun

A zebra crossing.

noun

(sports, slang) A referee.

noun

(medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.

Example sentences

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Fun fact, single colonies of zebra mussels may contain over 70,000 mussels per square meter!

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You don't have to be the fastest zebra, just faster than the slowest one.

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Towards the end of the internship, the company sold part of the business to Zebra technologies and with it some of the employees.

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Also, when we deal with the horses we'll have a chance to check for any odd zebra.

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Another comment mentions Zebra mussels, which have made the lakes quite a bit clearer in recent years (but not necessarily to good effect).

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One of my Norvig favorites is his solution to the Zebra puzzle.

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If we all wrote software using african wildlife metaphor, 'non-zebra' might then be just as useful.

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Many smaller, connected lakes are clear too due to invasive zebra mussels.

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We were used to pedestrians giving way to us, unless there was a proper zebra style crossing, and even then that was somewhat voluntary.

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Without making any compromise to readability, without the rainbow zebra bands.

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Fifteen days before, in its cage in Amsterdam, the last known member of Equus quagga, the southernmost subspecies of zebra, died.

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Which is interesting considering we share about 85% of our genome with Zebra Fish.

Quote examples

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But why have a "non-zebra number" when I can just have plain numbers?

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I meant like a varying question - "which is not an animal - zebra, teapot, monkey,.." so yeah, if your AI can pick the right wav file it's beatable..

Proper noun examples

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Zebra mussels have had a noticeable effect on water clarity in Chicago harbors in the last ten years.

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Zebra Technologies - Chicago, IL Data Scientist We are looking to hire a full-time experienced data scientist for our team, which is working on next generation enterprise applications and research.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use zebra in a sentence?

Fun fact, single colonies of zebra mussels may contain over 70,000 mussels per square meter!

What does zebra mean?

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

What part of speech is zebra?

zebra is commonly used as noun.