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noun
A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Ellipsis of quagga mussel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Equus quagga
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Broader terms: equine, equid
History
From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.
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