quagga

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English

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Quagga mare at London Zoo, 1870, the only specimen photographed alive.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Africa" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkwaxə/
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  • Rhymes: -æɡə

Noun

quagga (plural quaggas)

  1. A southern-African subspecies of zebra, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., 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

  1. ^ “quagga”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Italian

Etymology

From a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

quagga m (uncountable)

  1. plains zebra (Equus quagga)
    Hypernym: zebra

References

  • quagga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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