Burchell's zebra
- noun
- South African
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cebra de Burchell
- The Burchell's zebra is commonly found grazing across the savannas of southern Africa.
Examples
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Unlike the mountain zebra, Burchell's zebra has less distinct striping on its legs.
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Researchers studied the migration patterns of Burchell's zebra during the dry season.
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The Burchell's zebra is known for its distinctive stripes.
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In Kenya, you can see many Burchell's zebras in the wild.
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While on safari, we saw a herd of Burchell's zebra roaming freely across the plains.
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In the national park, the Burchell's zebra stands out with its broad stripes against the grassy landscape.
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Photographers often take pictures of Burchell's zebra to capture their unique patterns during migration.
Synonyms
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A large animal from Africa like a horse with black and white stripes
A large wild animal like a horse with black and white stripes that lives in African grasslands
A zebra with black and white stripes that lives on African plains
Surface Forms
Morphology
Burchell's + zebra
The expression is a possessive proper-name + noun combination where 'zebra' retains its literal meaning and 'Burchell's' marks association or attribution, so a learner will infer 'a zebra associated with Burchell' (i.e. a type/kind of zebra). Although the precise taxonomic details (stripe pattern etc.) require background knowledge, the basic sense 'a kind of zebra' is immediately derivable from the constituents and common possessive naming patterns.
Etymology
Burchell's zebra is 'named after' William John Burchell, an English explorer who in the 1800s collected and wrote about African animals. Because he showed this zebra to scientists, people began to call this specific kind of plains zebra by his name, so today Burchell's zebra refers to that subspecies.