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Definition of quagga noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quagga

noun

/ˈkwæɡə/

/ˈkwæɡə/

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a yellow-brown type of zebra from southern Africa, which no longer exists
Word OriginSouth African Dutch, probably from Khoikhoi (a southern African language), imitative of its braying.

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