Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zeedonk

/ˈziˌdɑnk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zee-donk
IPA: /ˈziˌdɑnk/

21

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cross between a zebra and a donkey.

Example Sentences

"Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals."
"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 http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=WIBBzP4MtvcC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&sig=SVuPX8k4sQZ0y2HPWbm68LKgzQU Suggest which animals are the parents of the cross breeds, zedonk and tiglion."
"2004, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=IFUBfHAkYmoC&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&sig=BaUIPzeYmdCHT2sMYfzqa4NPPsI 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”; …"

Etymology

Blend of zebra + donkey.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈziˌdɑnk/
British English: /ˈziːˌdɒnk/

Inflected Forms

zeedonks (plural) zedonk (alternative)

Synonyms

zebrass

Questions

How do you pronounce zeedonk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈziˌdɑnk/.
What does zeedonk mean?: A cross between a zebra and a donkey.
Where does zeedonk come from?: Blend of zebra + donkey.

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