zebra-likehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebra-like_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebra-like, adj.
Revised 2018

zebra-likeadjective

  1. 1772–
    Stressed as ˈzebra-like.
    1. 1772
      The ears..are white on their edge, and on their inside; except where two black bands mark the hollow of the ear with a zebra-like variety.
      Philosophical Transactions 1771 (Royal Society) vol. 61 174
    2. 1872
      Certain most brilliant fish, covered with zebra-like stripes of green and pink.
      Daily Telegraph 11 January
    3. 2011
      Frequently, altered rocks display a zebra-like pattern of rhythmic banding.
      W. L. Pohl, Econ. Geology i. i. 51/2

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.