quagga en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kwæɡə/ (US)
- /ˈkwaxə/ (General-South-African)
- /ˈkwɒɡə/ (UK)
- /kwɑɡə/ (US)
Etymology
From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.
Meanings
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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.
I saw a rhinoceros, buffalo (a large herd), eland, quagga, and sable antelope, the most beautiful of all the bucks, not to mention many smaller varieties of game, and three ostriches which scudded away at our approach like white drift before a gale.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of quagga mussel.
alt of quagga mussel
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quagha | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| kwagga | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| quakka | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| quaggas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (14)
as কুৱাসা (Equus quagga quagga) · pt quaga (Equus quagga quagga) · de Quaggafüllen (Equus quagga quagga) · pt quagga (Equus quagga quagga) · pl kwaga (Equus quagga quagga) · de Quagga (Equus quagga quagga) · de Quaggafohlen (Equus quagga quagga) · tl kuwaga (Equus quagga quagga) · hu kvagga (Equus quagga quagga) · fi kvagga (Equus quagga quagga) · af kwagga (Equus quagga quagga) · ja クアッガ (Equus quagga quagga) · ru ква́гга (Equus quagga quagga) · pl kwagga (Equus quagga quagga)