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# zebra

noun (zebra, zebras)

«zebra» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A zebra is a wild African animal like a horse with black and white stripes. A zebra has 4 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#m1)
2. A zebra crossing (UK) is a place on a road with black and white stripes where people can cross. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#m2)

### In the lessons

animals counted; legs (4 each); in science: zebras eat grass, live in herds on the African plains, and each zebra has its own stripe pattern; lions hunt them; in safety: cross the road at a zebra crossing, look both ways and wait for cars to stop

### Examples

- The zoo has 6 zebras. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x1)
- How many legs do 6 zebras have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x2)
- 3 zebras and 2 lions drink water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x3)
- Each zebra eats 8 kg of grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x4)
- No two zebras have the same stripes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x5)
- A herd of zebras ran across the plain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x6)
- Cross the road at the zebra crossing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x7)
- Zebras live in Africa and eat grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/#x8)

### Note

Hidden fact: a zebra has 4 legs (6 zebras → 24 legs). Plural: zebras. Pronounced «ZEB-ra» (UK) or «ZEE-bra» (US). A zebra crossing is called a crosswalk in the USA.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «zebra» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zebra/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«zebra» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/zebra.html) on Mova free.