Zebra    A horse-like animal, with camouflage reputed to be designed by a lion.

Zodiac    A band of the heavens separated into twelve equal parts, the 'Signs of the Zodiac.' The Sun appears to move through these signs at the rate of approximately one per month, and they are the means by which fat astrologers like Russel Grant make very good livings thank you very much by telling gullible people that this in some way affects their lives.

Zoe Ball    Benchmark ladette. Makes a living by appearing on TV and Radio talking about her underwear and shouting a lot.

Zombie    In the Voodoo cult, a soulless body. A zombie can be a living person whose soul has been removed by magic, a revived corpse whose soul has been separated from it by death, or a member of the 'My Family' television studio audience.

Zoo    An enclosure where animals stare at each other, but only the humans pay.