Zebra vs Buffalo - What's the difference?
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Any of three species of genus Equus'': ''E. grevyi]]'', '''', or ''[[Equus zebra, E. zebra , all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
(sports, slang) A referee.
(medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.")
(vulgar, pejorative, slang) A bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
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Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, .
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison .
A buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish.
To hunt buffalo.
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic) To pistol-whip.