zebra-like
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a word derived from
zebra.
zebranounany of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background: all zebra species are threatened or endangered.
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Okapi are rare, zebra-like forest animals endemic only to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2022
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
A moment later the door opened, and Isaac Feinsilver entered, immaculately clothed in a suit of zebra-like design.
From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass