quagga
English
Quagga mare at London Zoo, 1870, the only specimen photographed alive.
Etymology
From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Nama ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /ˈkwaxə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwaɡə/
- (US) IPA(key): /kwæɡə/, /kwɑɡə/[1]
- Rhymes: -æɡə
Noun
quagga (plural quaggas)
- A southern-African subspecies of 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.
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References
- “quagga” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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