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Zebra vs Xylophone - What's the difference?

zebra | xylophone |

As a verb zebra

is .

As a noun xylophone is

.

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

    *

    References

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    xylophone

    English

    (wikipedia xylophone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer.
    • All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

    Derived terms

    * xylophonist

    See also

    * glockenspiel * marimba * vibraphone ----