zebra-like
- a word derived from zebra.
Example Sentences
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Okapis are also called forest giraffes because of their long necks and zebra-like stripes on their hindquarters, which act as camouflage in their rainforest habitat.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023
Researchers identify zebra-like stripes of plasma in a patch of space.
From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2015
Collection of magnetic data from the oceans continued in the early 1960s, but still nobody could explain the origin of the zebra-like patterns.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Throughout the 19th century, explorers of Africa reported glimpses of a zebra-like creature in the Ituri Forest of the Congo.
From Slate • May 23, 2012
In an occasional horse the long-lost stripes of the zebra-like ancestor reappear.
From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles
