In medicine, a very unlikely diagnostic possibility. It comes from an old saying used in teaching medical students about how to think logically in regard to the differential diagnosis: 'When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.' For example, when someone develops a mild transient cough, a virus infection is the most logical a [..]

c. 1600, from Italian zebra, perhaps via Portuguese, earlier applied to a now-extinct wild ass, of uncertain origin, said to be Congolese [OED], or Amharic [Klein], but perhaps ultimately from Latin e [..]

mammal, related to a horse, native to Africa.

a wild animal like a small horse with stripes

To dream of a zebra, denotes that you will be interested in varying and fleeting enterprises. To see one wild in his native country, foretells that you will pursue a chimerical fancy which will return you unsatisfactory pleasure upon possession.   

A striped animal resembling a horse.

(n) any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

  Non-signalised crossing where vehicular traffic must yield to pedestrians or cyclists intending to cross the road. For low speed environments.

Dress code for a regular fancy dress theme party attended by 50,000 paying guests in Newcastle on Saturday afternoons.

A 19th century slang for a convict's striped uniform; a convict wearing such a uniform.

An animal that should be in more video games.

ZEBRA= Zero Basis Risk Swap This is a swap agreement between a municipality and a financial intermediary, where the municipality pays a fixed rate of interest to the financial intermediary and receive [..]

Any of three species of genus ''Equus'': ''

1. A white woman wearing visible black underwear or a bikini. Also, a black woman wearing visible white underwear or a bikini. 2. A person from Africa of mixed race. 3. A white or black person who beh [..]