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Zebra vs Tuba - What's the difference?

zebra | tuba |

As a verb zebra

is .

As a noun tuba is

tuba (musical instrument).

zebra

English

(wikipedia zebra)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Hyponyms

    * (animal of genus Equus) , quagga, plains zebra, mountain zebra

    Synonyms

    * (unusual diagnosis) fascinoma

    Derived terms

    * Burchell's zebra * Grevy's zebra * mountain zebra * plains zebra * zebra butterfly * zebra caterpillar * zebra crossing * zebra finch * zebrafish * zebra mongoose * zebra mussel * zebra opossum * zebra parakeet, zebra parrakeet * zebra poison * zebra shark * zebra spider * zebra swallowtail * zebra wolf

    See also

    * quagga * Equus burchelli'', ''Equus grevyi'', ''Equus quagga'', ''Equus zebra

    Anagrams

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    References

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    tuba

    English

    (wikipedia tuba)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
  • * 1990 , Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound? , page 230
  • One version of the large tuba , popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.

    Derived terms

    * tubaist * tubalike * tubist * wagner tuba

    See also

    * euphonium, sousaphone * tube * tubular

    Anagrams

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