different between zorse vs gorse

English

Alternative forms

• zeehorse

Etymology

Blend of zebra +? horse

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /z??s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /z??s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

zorse (plural zorses)

1. The offspring of a male zebra and a female horse.

Translations

References

• zorse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• zeros

English

Etymology

From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: gôrs, IPA^(key): /???s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

gorse (countable and uncountable, plural gorses)

1. Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.

Synonyms

• furze, whin

Derived terms

• gorse bird (Linaria cannabina)
• gorse chat (Saxicola rubetra)
• gorse duck (Crex crex)
• gorse hatcher (Linaria cannabina)
• gorsy

Translations

Further reading

• Ulex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Geros, Goers, Grose, Regos, ergos, goers, gores, ogres, regos, roges, soger