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quacha
Khoikhoi · 1600s
"a zebra-like wild equine"
named for the sound of its bark-like call
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quagga
Afrikaans · 1700s
"the striped, now-extinct plains equine"
Cape Dutch settlers adopted the Khoikhoi name for the striped plains animal
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quagga
English · 1800s
"an extinct subspecies of plains zebra"
adopted into English natural history before the animal's extinction in 1883
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