zebra rhomb, n.

zebra-rhomb
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Revised 2018

# † zebra rhombnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zebra rhomb mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zebra rhomb. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1840s.

### Where does the noun zebra rhomb come from?

Earliest known use

late 1700s

The earliest known use of the noun zebra rhomb is in the late 1700s.

OED's earliest evidence for zebra rhomb is from 1770, in the writing of W. Huddesford.

### Nearby entries

1. zebra marking, n. 1854–
2. zebra moray, n. 1933–
3. zebra mule, n. 1841–
4. zebra mussel, n. 1866–
5. zebrano, n. 1908–
6. zebra opossum, n. 1808–
7. zebra parakeet, n. 1856–
8. zebra plant, n. 1826–
9. zebra poison, n. 1871–74
10. zebra print, n. & adj. 1932–
11. zebra rhomb, n.1770–1844
12. zebra rock, n. 1895–
13. zebra rush, n. 1882–
14. zebra shark, n. 1804–
15. zebra skin, n. 1774–
16. zebra spider, n. 1806–
17. zebra suit, n. 1853–
18. zebra swallowtail, n. 1855–
19. zebra wolf, n. 1808–
20. zebrawood, n. 1768–
21. zebra woodpecker, n. 1884–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1770–1844
   A mitre shell, Mitra paupercula, which has a dark shell with pale bands.
   1. 1770

      > Zebra Rhomb, or Buccinum.

      W. Huddesford, Lister's Hist. Conchyliorum Index Alter 41
   2. 1796

      > Zebra rhomb, Voluta paupercula.

      P. A. Nemnich, Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon 946
   3. 1844

      > Paupercula. Zebra Rhomb.

      E. J. Burrow, Elements Conchol. (new edition) 191 (table)
   shells and shellfish
   1. mitre shell 1713–
      Any marine gastropod of the families Mitridae and Costellariidae.
   2. zebra rhomb 1770–1844
      A mitre shell, Mitra paupercula, which has a dark shell with pale bands.
   3. mitre 1776–
      Conchology. A mitre shell.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.