Definitions for zebu

zebu ze·bu

Spelling: [zee-byoo, -boo]
IPA: /ˈzi byu, -bu/

Zebu is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in zebu (beuz).

Definitions for zebu

noun

  1. one of a domesticated form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, of India, having a large hump over the shoulders and a large dewlap.

Origin of zebu

First recorded in 1765-75, zebu is from the French word zébu, of obscure origin

Examples for zebu

This zebu was kept fastened to a tree, and Rossetti loved to exhibit it and point out its beauties with his maulstick.

In zebu handsome cotton rugs are made, and in Panay a variety of stuffs of sundry materials.

How long do you think it would take the zebu to beat the crocodile?

The zebu, or sacred bull of India, shows his mathematical qualities to a pronounced degree.

Bullocks (Beri or Ferita) are similar to the zebu, but the hump is smaller.

One of these it zebu, which is10 fifty leguas in circumference.

Well, dear, the crocodile has great teeth and would eat the zebu.

The cocoa of zebu is reported to be equal in excellence to that of the Caracas.

The female offspring of a male zebu and a female Gayal was mated with a male Bison.

The zebu is not only valuable for beef breeding purposes but is probably unequaled in the capacity of a draft ox.

Word Value for zebu
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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