zebra

English - Turkish

Definition of zebra in English Turkish dictionary: {i} zebra; (Tıp, İlaç) Zebra iş a slang medical term for an obscure and unlikely diagnosis from ordinary symptoms; (Tıp, İlaç) Tıpta alışılmadık hastalıkları teşhis anlamındadır; {i} (çoğ. ze.bra/--s) zebra; (isim) zebra; Equus burchelli; (Spor) hakem
zebra crossing: Yaya geçiti
zebra crossing: İng. (çizgili) yaya geçidi
zebra crossing: {i} yaya geçidi
zebra crossing: (isim) yaya geçidi
equus zebra: (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) zebra
mountain zebra: dağ zebrası

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of zebra in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Tek parmaklılardan, ata benzeyen, derisi çizgili, Afrika'da yaşayan memeli hayvan (Equus zebra)

English - English

Definition of zebra in English English dictionary: an unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras."); a bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian; an African animal, closely related to a horse, with black and white stripes; {n} a quadruped of the equine genus beautifully striped; A zebra is an African wild horse which has black and white stripes. Any of three species of black-and-white-striped equines that subsist almost entirely on grass. Zebras stand 47-55 in. (120-140 cm) tall. The Burchell's zebra, or bonte quagga (Equus quagga), of eastern and southern African grasslands, has wide, widely spaced stripes. Grevy's zebra (E. grevyi), of arid areas in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, has narrow, closely spaced stripes and a white belly. The small mountain zebra (E. zebra), of dry upland plains in Namibia and western South Africa, has a gridlike pattern on the rump. Small zebra groups consisting of a stallion and several mares and foals may coalesce into large herds but retain their identity; A black and white striped horse; A mild mannered, even-tempered person wearing a black and white striped shirt while he/she merrily scores your baggie or launches your balloon into clear airspace; {i} type of striped African animal which resembles a horse; Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands; A striped horse that lives in Africa (What is a glossary without a 'Z' entry?); A horse-like animal with stripes Zebras have nothing to do with water, except that they drink a lot of it, but we felt we had to have something in this list that starts with Z so you would know that this is; an unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.")"; African striped horse-like quadruped; any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
zebra crossing: A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street
zebra crossings: plural form of zebra crossing
zebra finch: A small Australasian weaverbird, Taeniopygia guttata, that has markings similar to a zebra
zebra finches: plural form of zebra finch
zebra fishes: plural form of zebra fish, an alternative spelling of zebrafish
zebra mongoose: A banded mongoose
zebra mussel: A striped mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, originating in Russia
Zebra mussels are causing significant problems as an invasive species in North America.
zebra mussels: plural form of zebra mussel
zebra shark: a carpet shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, covered in black and white stripes resembling a zebra
zebra sharks: plural form of zebra shark
zebra butterfly: A butterfly (Heliconius charithonius) of the southern United States, having a black body marked with yellow stripes
zebra crossing: In Britain, a zebra crossing is a place on the road that is marked with black and white stripes, where vehicles are supposed to stop so that people can walk across. A pedestrian crosswalk. a place marked with black and white lines where people who are walking can cross a road safely American Equivalent: crosswalk pelican crossing
zebra crossing: {i} place where people cross the street, crosswalk
zebra crossing: street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes
zebra finch: A small Australian bird (Poephila guttata) having black and white striped markings and popular as a cage bird
zebra finch: small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
zebra fish: A small freshwater tropical fish (Brachydanio rerio) of India, having horizontal dark blue and silvery stripes and popular in home aquariums. Also called zebra danio. Any member of two unrelated groups of fishes: freshwater species in the genus Brachydanio (family Cyprinidae) and saltwater species in the genus Pterois (family Scorpaenidae). The zebra danio (Brachydanio rerio), a popular freshwater aquarium fish originally from Asia, grows to about 1.5 in. (4 cm) long and has dark blue and silvery longitudinal stripes. The distinctive saltwater zebra fishes (Pterois), used in marine aquariums, have extremely large pectoral fins, numerous extremely poisonous spines, and colourful vertical stripes. Some species are more commonly known as lionfish and turkeyfish
zebra mussel: A small freshwater mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) with a usually striped shell, native to Eurasia but widely established since the late 1980s in the Great Lakes and other North American waterways. Either of two species of tiny mussels (genus Dreissena) that are prominent freshwater pests. They proliferate quickly and adhere in great numbers to virtually any surface. The voracious mussels disrupt food webs by wiping out phytoplankton, and their massive clustering on water-intake valves and pipes, bridge abutments, and other structures can cause severe commercial damage. They made their first known attack on Europe in the early 19th century and were carried (probably in ship water ballasts) to North America 1986; their invasion of all the Great Lakes has had devastating effects on the lakes' native mussel and fish populations
zebra mussel: inch-long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels
zebra orchid: orchid with red-tinged linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia
zebra-tailed lizard: swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
Grévy's zebra: Equus grevyi, the largest species of zebra
mountain zebra: a species of zebra, native to South-western Angola, Namibia and South Africa, (Equus zebra)
plains zebra: The most common species of zebra, Equus quagga (formerly Equus burchelli)
The zebra: paard
common zebra: of the plains of central and eastern Africa
grevy's zebra: zebra with less continuous stripes
mountain zebra: narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa
zebras: plural of zebra

Turkish - English

Definition of zebra in Turkish English dictionary: zebra; (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) equus burchelli; (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) equus; (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) equus zebra; zebrafish
zebra gibi: zebrine

zebra

Hyphenation

zeb·ra

Turkish pronunciation

zibrı

Synonyms

fascinoma

Pronunciation

/ˈzēbrə/ /ˈziːbrə/

Etymology

[ 'zE-br&, Canadian & ] (noun.) 1600. From the Congolese word for the animal (possibly meaning striped) via Old Portuguese zevra. This etymology is disputed.