plural quaggas
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: an extinct zebra (Equus quagga quagga) of southern Africa that had brown and white stripes chiefly on the head and neck, reddish-brown to brown upper parts, and whitish belly, tail, and legs
The last living quagga died at the Amsterdam Zoo in 1883 …—
Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Donald G. McNeil Jr.The quagga, a subspecies of zebra, was once common in South Africa, but European settlers hunted them to the extreme for the meat and fur.—Elana Glowatz
Elana Glowatz2
: quagga mussel
Native to Ukraine, the quagga now infests the [Great] lakes in even greater numbers than its invasive-species cousin the zebra mussel.—Bill McGraw
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While this could never truly bring the quagga back, this project is still both a valiant and symbolic attempt to restore what once was.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Those inspection stations are intended to intercept another quagga outbreak before the mollusks even have a chance to enter Idaho waters.
—Alex Music
august 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2025
In 1984, researchers detected traces of mitochondrial DNA in the skin of a taxidermied quagga in a museum.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Of particular interest for the Great Lakes are quagga mussels, said Harvey Bootsma, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee lake scientist.
—John Flesher, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Those inspection stations are intended to intercept another quagga outbreak before the mollusks even have a chance to enter Idaho waters.
—Alex Music
august 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2025
In 1984, researchers detected traces of mitochondrial DNA in the skin of a taxidermied quagga in a museum.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Of particular interest for the Great Lakes are quagga mussels, said Harvey Bootsma, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee lake scientist.
—John Flesher, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
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“Quagga.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quagga. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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