zebrinehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebrine_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebrine, adj.
Revised 2018

zebrineadjective

  1. a1810–
    Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a zebra or zebras.
    1. a1810
      The symptoms of Zebrine inoculation are even less alarming than those of the inestimable cow-pox.
      S. A. Wynne, Letter in J. Johnstone, Works S. Parr (1828) vol. I. xvi. 650
    2. 1868
      The zebrine stripes on dun-coloured horses.
      C. Darwin, Variation of Animals & Plants vol. II. 373
    3. 1932
      Zebrine markings of variegated leaves such as Billbergia zebrina,..and Aloe variegata.
      Botanical Gazette vol. 93 232
    4. 1966
      Among the animal bones excavated at the Dig were zebrine bones.
      E. Palmer, Plains of Camdeboo viii. 140
    5. 2012
      Reports filtered back from Africa telling of a creature with giraffe-like neck and zebrine stripes.
      M. Glouberman, Raven, Dove, & Owl of Minerva xi. 248

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

zebrine, adj. was revised in June 2018.

zebrine, adj. was last modified in July 2023.