quagga

n. 白氏斑马

发音

ZA /ˈkwaxə/
其它
UK /ˈkwɒɡə/
US /kwæɡə/
US /kwɑɡə/

词形变化

quaggas 复数 quaggas

别名

quacha kwagga quakka quagha

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of quagga mussel.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

equine equid

相关短语

quagga mussel quagga mussels

词源

From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.

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