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quagga

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quag·ga  (kwg, kwg)
n.
A zebralike mammal (Equus quagga) of southern Africa, extinct since the late 19th century.
[Afrikaans, from Xhosa (i-)qwaxa, something striped, perhaps from Khoikhoin !ua-xa.]
quagga
Noun
pl -gas or -ga a recently extinct zebra, striped only on the head and shoulders [Hottentot q\#uagga]
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Noun1.quaggaquagga - mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
Equus quagga
Equus, genus Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae
equid, equine - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
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In Lord Moreton's famous hybrid from a chestnut mare and male quagga, the hybrid, and even the pure offspring subsequently produced from the mare by a black Arabian sire, were much more plainly barred across the legs than is even the pure quagga.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Then I saw what had happened; we had stumbled upon a herd of sleeping quagga, on to the back of one of which Good actually had fallen, and the brute naturally enough got up and made off with him.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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