单词	quagga
释义	quagga noun quag·​ga ˈkwa-gə  ˈkwä-  plural quaggas 1 : an extinct zebra (Equus quagga quagga) of southern Africa that had brown and white stripes chiefly on the head and neck, reddish-brown to brown upper parts, and whitish belly, tail, and legs The last living quagga died at the Amsterdam Zoo in 1883 … Donald G. McNeil Jr. The quagga, a subspecies of zebra, was once common in South Africa, but European settlers hunted them to the extreme for the meat and fur. Elana Glowatz 2 : quagga mussel Native to Ukraine, the quagga now infests the [Great] lakes in even greater numbers than its invasive-species cousin the zebra mussel. Bill McGraw Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web There are several ways his research could help Reclamation keep quagga mussel populations under control. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 Keller is investigating how well the barriers work against invertebrates — those little, sometimes microscopic, spineless organisms like quagga mussels, scud, water fleas and bloody red shrimp. Juanpablo Ramirez-franco, Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2022 For a long time, the quagga was thought to be its own species before it was discovered that it was closely related to the Plains Zebra and was, in fact, a subspecies of the zebra. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2022 For example, the invasive quagga mussel, which has drastically changed the food webs, still dominates the lake bottoms. Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022 None has yet demonstrated the ability to kill quagga mussels. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 Invasive nonnative mollusks in Utah, such as New Zealand mudsnail or quagga mussel, hitched rides on fishing gear and boats, but the boreal top snail would have no such opportunity. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021 Today in Lake Michigan, quagga mussels, Eastern European invaders generally smaller than a stamp, reign over an upended underwater ecosystem. Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 4 Jan. 2022 The Rocky Mountains provided the Western United States ample protection from the mollusk until 2007, when the first quagga was discovered in Lake Mead, downstream on the Colorado River from Lake Powell. jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 See More Word History Etymology obsolete Afrikaans (now kwagga), from Khoikhoi quácha First Known Use 1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing quagga quagga mussel quagga mussel
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