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zebro

zebro

See also: żebro and žebro

Esperanto

Ĉapmanaj zebroj

Noun

zebro (accusative singular zebron, plural zebroj, accusative plural zebrojn)

  1. zebra
    • 2009, Klivo Lendon (translator), La Origino de Specioj, Karolo Darvin, page 160:
      Oni vidas plurajn tre malsamajn speciojn de la ĉevala genro fariĝi, per simpla variado, striaj ĉe la kruro kiel zebro, aŭ striaj ĉe la ŝultroj kiel azeno.
      We see several very distinct species of the horse-genus becoming, by simple variation, striped on the legs like a zebra, or striped on the shoulders like an ass.

Hyponyms

Hypernyms

Holonyms

  • zebraro (herd of zebras)

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto zebro, from English zebra, French zèbre, Italian zebra, Spanish cebra.

Noun

zebro (plural zebri)

  1. zebra

Derived terms

  • zebrulo (male zebra)
  • zebrino (female zebra)

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.bɾo/

Noun

zebro m

  1. Alternative form of zevro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese zebro, zevro (wild ass), from earlier ezebro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (wild horse), from equus (horse) + ferus (wild).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈze.βɾu/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧bro

Noun

zebro m (plural zebros, feminine zebra, feminine plural zebras)

  1. a wild horse or a wild ass (Equus hydruntinus, an extinct equine)

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