Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
zebra , especially in havingcontrasting stripes .
Etymologies
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zebra + -like
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Examples
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A disease spreading through potato cropsis causing potato chips to develop zebralike stripes when cooked.
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In 1984, researchers led by Berkeley's Allan Wilson succeeded spectacularly in extracting DNA from the preserved skin of a quagga, a zebralike beast native to Africa that was hunted into extinction in the 1880s.
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