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zebrinny

/zəˈbɹɪni/

zebrinny noun: the offspring of a male horse and a female zebra.

Noun

zebrinny (plural zebrinnies)

  1. The offspring of a male horse and a female zebra.
    • His zebra-horse hybrids, or zebrules, and his horse-zebra hybrids, or zebrinnies, are not marked like their Burchell-zebra parent, but resemble in both cases the Somali zebra, which is the most primitive of all its kind.1900, The Annual Register of World Events, volume 141, page 113
    • They will also interbreed with horses, producing zebrules (Plate 137) or zebrinnies.1955, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Living mammals of the world, page 223

Forms of zebrinny

pluralzebrinnies

Origin of zebrinny

Blend of zebra + hinny.

Questions about zebrinny

What does zebrinny mean?
Zebrinny means the offspring of a male horse and a female zebra.
What part of speech is zebrinny?
Zebrinny is a noun.
How do you pronounce zebrinny?
Zebrinny is pronounced /zəˈbɹɪni/.
What is the plural of zebrinny?
The plural of zebrinny is zebrinnies.

Words near zebrinny in the dictionary

  1. zebrina
  2. zebrinas
  3. zebrine
  4. zebrines
  5. zebrinnies
  6. zebrinny
  7. zebrins
  8. zebro
  9. zebroid
  10. zebroids
  11. Zebrowski

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