quagga
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- noun
- /ˈkwɑːɡə/
- South African
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quagga
- The Quagga Project is trying to reverse the species' extinct status by selectively breeding zebras with quagga characteristics.
Examples
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Invasive species can also cause problems, as in the case of the quagga mussels and their unfortunate habit of colonizing water intake pipes.
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Genetic material had already been extracted from Egyptian mummies and from the hide of a quagga, a zebra-like African animal.
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In a previous blog post, the quagga was featured in an antique children's ABC.
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They have successfully bred an animal that looks like the quagga in the illustration.
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It turns out the quagga is, as looking at this photo might lead you to guess, an extinct type of zebra.
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The Quagga Project is trying to reverse the species' extinct status by selectively breeding zebras with quagga characteristics.
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This selection includes the Hoolock gibbon, boa, cheetah, lioness, sea turtle, quagga, and walrus.
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This strategy finds a related, more explicit form in Rose-Innes's later novel Green Lion, where each chapter title is an organism (e.g., "Dassie," "Quagga," "Stegosaurus").
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The quagga was a unique animal, resembling a zebra with its stripes mostly on the front part of its body.
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Scientists study the quagga to understand more about zebra evolution and the reasons for its extinction.
Synonyms
A mammal from South Africa, like a zebra, that is no longer alive
Compounds
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Etymology
Quagga comes from a South African name used by the Khoikhoi people and may copy the sound people made for the animal. Dutch settlers borrowed the name for a zebra-like creature, so quagga now means the striped animal from South Africa that is now extinct.