English Explanatory Dictionary

Hartmann's mountain zebra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mountain zebra of subspecies Equus zebra hartmannae, found in southwestern Angola and western Namibia, and having a dewlap and an unstriped belly.

Word forms

Hartmann's mountain zebra Hartmann's mountain zebras Hartmann's zebra

Etymology

Calque of translingual Equus zebra hartmannae; named after German biologist Max Hartmann (1876–1962), who donated the zebra skin that led to the new species's discovery.

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