Zebrinny

//zəˈbɹɪni// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Blend of zebra + hinny.

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