释义 |
quagga /ˈkwaɡə /nounA South African zebra, extinct since 1883, that had a yellowish-brown coat with darker stripes.- Equus quagga, family Equidae; recent studies have shown that it was probably a variety of the common zebra.
The Cape Colony extended systematic protection to elephants, giraffes, hippopotami, buffalo, zebras, quaggas and antelopes in 1886....- Farmers began developing more land, establishing wheat production and other crops in areas which traditionally were home to Cape mountain zebra and the extinct quagga.
- As an extinct animal, the quagga is well qualified to act as a tour guide for a paleontological museum.
OriginSouth African Dutch, probably from Khoikhoi, imitative of its braying. Rhymesblagger, bragger, dagger, flagger, Jagger, lagger, nagger, saggar, stagger, swagger |