zeedonk

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈziːˌdɒnk/
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/ˈziːˌdɒnk/ · /-dɔːnk/ · /ˈziˌdɑnk/ · /-dɔnk/

Definition of zeedonk

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A cross between a zebra and a donkey.
    “Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.”
    “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 http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=WIBBzP4MtvcC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&sig=SVuPX8k4sQZ0y2HPWbm68LKgzQU Suggest which animals are the parents of the cross breeds, zedonk and tiglion.”
    “2004, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=IFUBfHAkYmoC&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&sig=BaUIPzeYmdCHT2sMYfzqa4NPPsI 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”; …”

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Etymology

Blend of zebra + donkey.

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