グレビー縞馬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縞	馬
しま Jinmeiyō	うま Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

グレビー (Gurebī, from French Grévy) +‎ 縞馬 (shimauma, “zebra”)

Noun

グレビー縞(しま)馬(うま) • (Gurebī shimauma)

a Grévy's zebra

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as グレビーシマウマ.

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