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Definition of Quagga
1. Noun. Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century.
Definition of Quagga
1. n. A South African wild ass (Equus, or Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.
Definition of Quagga
1. Noun. A southern African subspecies of zebra, ''Equus quagga quagga'', extinct since 1883. The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body. Taxonomic name: Equus quagga. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quagga
1. an extinct zebralike mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Quagga
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quagga
Literary usage of Quagga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"The quagga is a social animal, living in large troops, is far more tractable than
the zebra, and is said to be occasionally used at the cape of Good Hope ..."
2. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"quagga.—The quagga is smaller than the Zebra, and more resembles the Horse in
general shape. His head i? small, and his ears are short. The colour of head, ..."
3. Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony, with a by Henry Anderson Bryden (1889)
"THE EXTINCTION OF THE TRUE quagga (EQUUS quagga). IT is a melancholy thing to
chronicle the final disappearance from its ancient primeval habitat of one of ..."
4. Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony, with a by Henry Anderson Bryden (1889)
"THE EXTINCTION OF THE TRUE quagga (EQUUS quagga). IT is a melancholy thing to
chronicle the final disappearance from its ancient primeval habitat of one of ..."
5. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... the true quagga—Threatened extermination of the black and white rhinoceros
and the buffalo in South Africa—Former abundance of game—Scene in the valley ..."
6. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"Tiie quagga is a social animal ... The quagga has received a variety of names
from authors ; tbus Pennant terms it the ..."
7. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"quagga, a species of zebra, ... the Hottentot name of quagga. It is the most
easily domesticated of the zebras, and is docile, generally good-natured, ..."
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