zeedonk

English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. A cross between a zebra and a donkey.
    Synonym: zebrass
    Hypernym: zebroid
    • 1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:
      Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.
    • 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”; [...]
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