zebra

Definitions

• Any of three species of genus Equus: Equus E. grevyi, Equus E. quagga, or Equus E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
• (sports) A referee.
• (medicine) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
• (vulgar) A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
• (informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.
• Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus of the genus , having black and white markings.