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quagga in British English
(ˈkwæɡə)
nounWord forms: plural -gas or -ga
a recently extinct member of the horse family (Equidae), Equus quagga, of southern Africa: it had a sandy brown colouring with zebra-like stripes on the head and shoulders
Word origin
C18: from obsolete Afrikaans, from Khoikhoi qǔagga; compare Xhosa i-qwara something stripedquagga in American English
(ˈkwægə)
nounWord forms: plural ˈquagga or ˈquaggas
an extinct zebra (Equus quagga) of South Africa
Word origin
obs. Afrik < the native (? Hottentot) nameImage ofquagga
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