Cello vs Zebra - What's the difference?
cello | zebra |
(musical instruments) A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highest C-G-D-A)
cellophane
* 2011 , Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?
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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As a noun cello
is cello.As a verb zebra is
.cello
Etymology 1
Shortening of violoncello.Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* violoncelloMeronyms
* back * bout ** upper bout ** c-bout ** lower bout * bridge * endpin, spike, tail spike ** endpin stopper * f-hole, sound hole * fine tuner * fingerboard * neck * purfling, edgework * rib ** upper rib ** c-rib ** lower rib * saddle * scroll ** peg ** pegbox ** nut * shoulder * sound post * string * tailgut * tailpiece * top, front, belly, table * waistDerived terms
* cellistEtymology 2
Shortening of cellophane.Noun
(-)- Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to(SIC) the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!
