Definition of Common zebra

1. Noun. Of the plains of central and eastern Africa.

Exact synonyms: Burchell's Zebra, Equus Burchelli
Generic synonyms: Zebra

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Zebra

common water snake
common watercress
common wheat
common white dogwood
common whitefish
common winterberry holly
common wolffia
common wood sorrel
common woodpigeon
common woodpigeons
common wormwood
common year
common years
common yellowthroat
common yellowwood
common zebra (current term)
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Literary usage of Common zebra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Professor Ewart thinks that the common zebra, ... The common zebra has closer and darker stripes than Bur- ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"The best known and the handsomest U Ü« common zebra ... it resembles the horse mort than the common zebra does ; its voi« 'ч i shrill, abrupt neigh, ..."

3. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"It has a much longer and narrower head than the common zebra and is a more handsome animal. The two males in the park weigh 850 and 880 pounds. ..."

4. Studies in the Evolution of Animals by Emanuel Bonavia (1895)
"common zebra, from a photograph by Mr. Gambler Bolton, FZS The three Figs. ... They represent three variations of Zebra, viz., the common Zebra, ..."

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