zonyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of zebra +‎ pony.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈzəʊni/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈzoʊni/
• 韻: -əʊni

名詞

zony (plural zonies)

1. The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.
   • 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 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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