zeedonk

== English == === Alternative forms === zedonk === Etymology === Blend of zebra +‎ donkey. === Pronunciation === enPR: zē′dŏnk′, -dônk′ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈziːˌdɒnk/, /-dɔːnk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈziˌdɑnk/, /-dɔnk/ Rhymes: -iːdɒnk, -iːdɔːnk Hyphenation: zee‧donk === Noun === zeedonk (plural zeedonks) A cross between a zebra and a donkey. Synonym: zebrass Hypernym: zebroid 1997, Thomas Fensch, Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss [1] One might have imagined that it could only have been Dr. Seuss who had thought up and named the zedonk—the animal produced when a male zebra mates with a female donkey! 2003, Colin Bell, GCSE Applied Science Student Book [2] Suggest which animals are the parents of the cross breeds, zedonk and tiglion. 2004, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims [3] I could have told him about zedonks and zebrasses; donkey cures for whooping cough and gout, how an onager is a wild ass from Central Asia; that the Australian kookaburra is nicknamed “the laughing donkey”; [...]