zebrinny

English

Etymology

Blend of zebra +‎ hinny

Noun

zebrinny (plural zebrinnies)

1. The offspring of a male horse and a female zebra.
   • 1900, The Annual Register of World Events, volume 141, page 113:

     His zebra-horse hybrids, or zebrules, and his horse-zebra hybrids, or zebrinnies, are not marked like their Burchell-zebra parent, but resemble in both cases the Somali zebra, which is the most primitive of all its kind.

   • 1955, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Living mammals of the world, page 223:

     They will also interbreed with horses, producing zebrules (Plate 137) or zebrinnies.

See also

• zorse