zeedonk

zeedonk

English

Alternative forms

• zedonk

Etymology

Blend of zebra +‎ donkey

Noun

zeedonk (plural zeedonks)

1. A cross between a zebra and a donkey.
   • 1997, Thomas Fensch, Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss

     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

     Suggest which animals are the parents of the cross breeds, zedonk and tiglion.

   • 2004, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims

     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”; [...]

Synonyms

• zebrass