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zony

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of zebra +‎ pony

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zony (plural zonies)

  1. The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.[1]
    • 1997 April 6, vicki blakslee, “Zonis zorses and zebras”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet):
      > Please tell us how you are doing. What do you have, zony or zorse?
    • 2001 June 27, Bill Ramsay, “Evolution”, in nz.soc.religion (Usenet):
      the old man with the beard decided to lay his hands upon this poor lonely pony, and descended upon her a bounty, a bounty so exceedingly large, that she was blessed with a zony or a pebra, and this doth maketh lots of dosh for the zony’s owner, so that he too can be bountious [sic] with the hay from the tv rights, and dost ensure the continuing success of the little darling who shall dwell in the house of hay for evermore.
    • 2010, Marie Lestelle Evrard, You Look Sort of Strange, page v:
      I am a zony. My father is a zebra and my mother is a pony.

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  1. ^ “Crisis-hit farm welcomes its gift zorse”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], Guardian Unlimited, 2001 June 27: “it could be a zorse perhaps, a zony or maybe a shebra or a zetland. Whatever its name, the arrival of the strange beast has been hailed as a godsend”

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔ.nɘ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɘ
  • Syllabification: zo‧ny

Noun

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zony f

  1. inflection of zona:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
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