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QUAGGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quagga mean? 

QUAGGA (noun)
  The noun QUAGGA has 1 sense:

1. mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th centuryplay

  Familiarity information: QUAGGA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUAGGA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Equus quagga; quagga

Hypernyms ("quagga" is a kind of...):

equid; equine (hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck)

Holonyms ("quagga" is a member of...):

Equus; genus Equus (type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae)


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