zebra

noun

• 1an African wild horse with black-and-white stripes and an erect mane.

  • Genus Equus, family Equidae: three species, in particular the common zebra (E. burchellii)

• 2a large butterfly with pale stripes on a dark background, in particular:

  • a yellow and black American butterfly (Heliconius charitonius, subfamily Heliconiinae, family Nymphalidae). (also Malayan zebra) a black and white Asian butterfly(Graphium delesserti, family Papilionidae).

• 3 (also zebra fish) South African a silvery-gold sea bream with vertical black stripes.

  • Diplodus cervinus, family Sparidae