Dictionary

zeedonk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈziːˌdɒnk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-dɔːnk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-dɔnk/ (General-American)
• /ˈziˌdɑnk/ (General-American)
• zē′dŏnk′
• -dônk′

Etymology

Blend of zebra + donkey.

Meanings

1. A cross between a zebra and a 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.
   • 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! 1997, Thomas Fensch, Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=iDR_UvtiD_sC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&sig=qB-nL70ow8Z_m8e1cm9518ykKX4
   • 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”; …
   • Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals. 1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:

Forms

Hypernyms

zebroid

Synonyms

zebrass