zebroidhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebroid_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebroid, adj. & n.
Revised 2018

zebroidadjective & noun

  1. adjective
    1. 1.
      1881–
      Having striped or banded markings resembling those of a zebra.
      1. 1881
        Another fine species (Achatina Thomsoni) is especially charming for its vivid zebroid markings.
        E. A. Smith in J. Thomson, To Central Afr. Lakes & Back vol. II. App. ii. 296
      2. 1950
        A more zebroid type of color pattern.
        Transactions Amer. Entomol. Society vol. 76 369
      3. 1983
        Coarse crystallinity, zebroid structure, local facies changes.., and a ‘net fabric’ indicate late diagenetic dolomitization.
        Science 4 November 502/3
      4. 2005
        Roughened or covered with annular to zebroid, brownish pigment incrustations.
        Mycologia vol. 97 674/1
    2. 2.
      1899–
      Zoology. Characteristic of or resembling equids of the zebra group. Also: designating equids of this group.
      Living zebras are now placed in the Equus subgenera Dolichohippus and Hippotrigris; a formal higher taxon is now rarely used for the group.
      1. 1899
        The reproductive organs, which were of a zebroid type.
        Natural Science March 209
      2. 1974
        G. Nobis's study of the horse teeth recognised three groups: two larger species with primitive ‘zebroid’ features.
        Nature 22 March 296/2
      3. 1999
        Equus stenonis has become a catch-all for stenonid (= zebroid) horses from the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene..of Eurasia.
        Quaternary Sci. Review vol. 18 1373
  2. noun
    1. 1898–
      The hybrid offspring of a zebra and a horse or other equid.
      1. 1898
        The Baron de Parana has obtained one and calls it the ‘zebroid’.
        Literary Digest 15 January 75/2
      2. 1926
        The first man to have any practical success in crossbreeding the zebra and the horse is Dr. W. E. Hastings of Mt. Vernon, Ind. The result is a new mule, the zebroid.
        Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia) 18 July 24/1
      3. 1973
        Another Kenya ‘character’..crossed ponies with zebras, and used the resulting ‘zebroids’ as pack animals for safaris.
        Daily Telegraph 5 October (Colour Supplement) 31/4
      4. 2002
        A zebroid (below) is the product of a horse and a zebra, and a shebra the product of a Shetland pony and a zebra.
        M. Penny, Wild Horses viii. 43

zebroid, adj. & n. was revised in June 2018.

zebroid, adj. & n. was last modified in September 2024.