zebra-marked, adj.

zebra-marked
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Revised 2018

# zebra-markedadjective

## Factsheet

### Where does the adjective zebra-marked come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the adjective zebra-marked is in the 1830s.

OED's earliest evidence for zebra-marked is from 1834, in the Athenaeum.

### Nearby entries

1. zeaxanthin, n. 1929–
2. Zebedist, n. 1574
3. zebra, n. 1597–
4. zebra caterpillar, n. 1841–
5. zebra crossing, n. 1934–
6. zebra danio, n. 1917–
7. zebraed, adj. 1806–
8. zebra finch, n. 1868–
9. zebrafish, n. 1771–
10. zebraic, adj. 1858–
11. zebra-marked, adj.1834–
12. zebra marking, n. 1854–
13. zebra moray, n. 1933–
14. zebra mule, n. 1841–
15. zebra mussel, n. 1866–
16. zebrano, n. 1908–
17. zebra opossum, n. 1808–
18. zebra parakeet, n. 1856–
19. zebra plant, n. 1826–
20. zebra poison, n. 1871–74
21. zebra print, n. & adj. 1932–

## Meaning & use

1. 1834–
   See zebra n. Compounds.
   1. 1834

      > We had already the happiness of having secured the beautiful zebra marked [donkey] forty-seven.

      Athenæum 23 August 619/2
   2. 1924

      > Butterflies like the unpalatable zebra-marked Heliconius, which insectivorous birds leave unmolested.

      J. A. Thomson, Science Old & New v. 30
   3. 2006

      > The arms are extremely spread out... They are also conspicuously zebra-marked.

      L. Borrelli et al., Catalogue of Body Patterning in Cephalopoda 201

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

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.