| 释义 |
zebroid, a. and n.|ˈziː-, ˈzɛbrɔɪd|
[f. zebra + -oid.]
A. adj. Resembling or characteristic of a zebra.
1899Nat. Science Mar. 209 The reproductive organs, which were of a zebroid type. 1974Nature 22 Mar. 296/2 G. Nobis's study of the horse teeth recognised three groups: two larger species with primitive ‘zebroid’ features.
B. n. The offspring of a horse and a zebra.
1899Tablet 25 Nov. 848/2 The zebroid, or hybrid between the horse and the zebra, ‘will be the mule of the 20th century’. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 18 July 24/1 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. 1973Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 5 Oct. 31/4 Another Kenya ‘character’..crossed ponies with zebras, and used the resulting ‘zebroids’ as pack animals for safaris. 1983Listener 20 Jan. 25/1 Christina Dodwell, in Travels with Fortune, paddled a dug-out canoe, and rode a camel and a zebroid, in her journey through Africa. |