Zebra vs. Pinto — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Zebra and Pinto
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Zebra
Zebras (UK: , US: ) (subgenus Hippotigris) are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three extant species: the Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), plains zebra (E. quagga), and the mountain zebra (E. zebra).
Pinto
Pinto is a Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India, France and Israel.
Zebra
Any of several swift African mammals of the genus Equus, resembling the horse and having distinctive overall markings of alternating white and black or brown stripes.
Pinto
A horse with patchy markings of white and another color.
Zebra
Any of various striped organisms, such as a zebrafish.
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Pinto
Mottled; pied.
Zebra
A referee in football.
Pinto
A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.
Zebra
Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
Pinto
Pied, mottled.
Zebra
A referee.
Pinto
Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied.
Zebra
An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
Pinto
Any pied animal; esp., a pied or "painted" horse.
Zebra
A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
Pinto
A spotted or calico horse or pony
Zebra
(informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.
Zebra
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
Zebra
A zebra crossing.
Zebra
Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
Zebra
Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
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