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quag⋅ga

  [kwag-uh, kwog-uh]
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–noun
an extinct equine mammal, Equus quagga, of southern Africa, related to and resembling the zebra, but striped only on the forepart of the body and the head.
Origin:
1775–85; < Afrik (now sp. kwagga) < Khoikhoi, first recorded as quácha (1691); said to be imit. of the animal's yelp
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quag·ga   (kwāg'ə, kwŏg'ə)   
n.  A zebralike mammal (Equus quagga) of southern Africa, extinct since the late 19th century.

[Afrikaans, from Xhosa (i-)qwaxa, something striped, perhaps from Khoikhoin !ua-xa.]
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