variants
or less commonly zeedonk
plural zedonks also zeedonks
: a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey : zonkey
In 2005, a zebra gave birth to a zedonk in Barbados, according to the news website Science Daily. And in the 1970s, three zedonks were born at a European zoo to a donkey mother, according to the website of Britain's Colchester Zoo.—
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The parentage of a zedonk is the other way around.
—Leanne Italie, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
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Leanne Italie, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
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“Zedonk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zedonk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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