Etymology

Hartmann's mountain zebra

Today it means: A mountain zebra of subspecies Equus zebra hartmannae, found in southwestern Angola and western Namibia, and having a dewlap and an unstriped belly. Full definition →

translingual Equus zebra hartmannae
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  1. translingual · calque ofEquus zebra hartmannae
  2. English todayHartmann's mountain zebra

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.