Zebra (disambiguation)

Zebra (disambiguation)

Zebra is a genus of the horse genus Equus whose members have vivid black-and-white stripes.

Zebra may also refer to:

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Animals

  • A species of fish in the genus Maylandia (family: Cichlidae)
  • Zebra Danio a small minnow-like fish. Various other fish are also known as Zebra fish.
  • Zebra mussel, a bivalve mussel native to freshwater lakes of southeast Russia
  • Zebra Finch, a finch in the genus Taeniopygia
  • Inquisitor zebra, a sea snail species

Computers

Media

Music

Television

Transport

  • Zebra crossing, a type of pedestrian crossing used in the UK and parts of Europe

Cars

  • Daihatsu Zebra Compact commercial vehicle & MPV
  • ZAP Xebra light electric vehicle
  • Zebra battery

Ships and other vessels

Railways

Other uses

  • Zebra, a racist term used to describe a person of mixed African-American and Caucasian parentage, used frequently by the character, George Jefferson, of the television sitcom The Jeffersons to describe the interracial mixed daughter and son of the Willis', Jenny & Allan.
  • Zebra (medicine), medical slang for an obscure and unlikely diagnosis from ordinary symptoms
  • ZEBRA battery, a sodium-nickel-chloride molten salt battery using a beta-alumina solid electrolyte
  • A fairy chess piece,
  • Zebra (pen manufacturer)
  • Zebra murders, a series of murders carried out by a subset of the Nation of Islam in San Francisco, California between 1973 and 1974
  • A common slang term for referees in American Football, due to the striped uniforms they wear
  • Zebra, an event of Operation Sandstone, a nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States in 1948
  • Zebra patterning, a feature on some video cameras which aids in preventing over-exposure
  • "Zebra", a short story by Chaim Potok
  • Zebra Puzzle, a logic puzzle

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