Quagga is an English word with synonyms like equine or equid. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Quagga meaning
- 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.
- Ellipsis of quagga mussel.
Using Quagga
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Ellipsis of quagga mussel.
- Useful related words include: equus quagga, equine, equid.
- In the example corpus, quagga often appears in combinations such as: the quagga, quagga mussels, quagga was.
Context around Quagga
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quagga
- In this selection, "quagga" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, equus, invasive, include, mussels, main and project stand out and add context to how "quagga" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1984 the quagga was the and about the quagga s behaviour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quagga" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quagga
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Only one quagga was ever photographed alive and only 23 skins are preserved today. (14 words)
Other invasive species that can be spread include quagga mussels, crested floating heart, and water hyacinth. (16 words)
Boats are being inspected for ANS, which is Aquatic Nuisance Species such as zebra or quagga mussels. (17 words)
Anyone in southwest Washington that enjoys recreating on the Columbia, be they fishermen or recreational boaters, has a responsibility to take all necessary steps to help keep the Columbia River free of dangerous invasive species, such as quagga mussels. (39 words)
In 1984, the quagga was the first extinct animal to have its DNA analysed, and the Quagga Project is trying to recreate the phenotype of hair coat pattern and related characteristics by selectively breeding Burchell's zebras. (37 words)
Embryological evidence supports zebras being dark coloured with white as an addition. citation Living in the very southern end of the plains zebra's range, the quagga had a thick winter coat that moulted each year. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Click here for more information. main The quagga (main or main) citation citation citation (Equus quagga quagga) is an extinct subspecies of plains zebra that lived in South Africa until the 19th century.
In 1984, the quagga was the first extinct animal to have its DNA analysed, and the Quagga Project is trying to recreate the phenotype of hair coat pattern and related characteristics by selectively breeding Burchell's zebras.
It confirmed that the quagga was more closely related to zebras than to horses, with the quagga and mountain zebra (Equus zebra) sharing an ancestor 3–4 million years ago.
Altogether last year, Parks and Wildlife intercepted 148 boats infested with invasive quagga or zebra mussels before they reached state waters.
Anyone in southwest Washington that enjoys recreating on the Columbia, be they fishermen or recreational boaters, has a responsibility to take all necessary steps to help keep the Columbia River free of dangerous invasive species, such as quagga mussels.
Other invasive species that can be spread include quagga mussels, crested floating heart, and water hyacinth.
The quagga mussel, first discovered in the United States in 1989, is an invasive species that alters the food web by filtering water and removing plankton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The highly invasive zebra and quagga mussels can wreak havoc in freshwater ecosystems and can clog dam systems, municipal water pipes, irrigation systems and treatment facilities.
Boats are being inspected for ANS, which is Aquatic Nuisance Species such as zebra or quagga mussels.
Aquatic invasive species like quagga mussels and zebra mussels are small organisms that could have huge impacts for Wyoming’s waters, boaters, and anglers.
For Manitoba residents, zebra and quagga mussels are becoming a concern for their negative effects on native fish species, as well as people who use the beaches.
Quagga and Zebra mussels are not native to the U.S. and are originally thought to come from Russia and the Ukraine.
Embryological evidence supports zebras being dark coloured with white as an addition. citation Living in the very southern end of the plains zebra's range, the quagga had a thick winter coat that moulted each year.
He considered the quagga (now extinct) well-suited to domestication due to being easy to train to saddle and harness.
His 1840 account reads as follows: The geographical range of the quagga does not appear to extend to the northward of the river Vaal.
In early 2006, the third and fourth generation animals produced by the project were considered looking much like the depictions and preserved specimens of the quagga.
It is poorly represented in the fossil record, and the identification of these fossils is uncertain, as they were collected at a time when the name quagga referred to all zebras.
Little is known about the quagga's behaviour, but it may have gathered into herds of 30–50 individuals.
Only one quagga was ever photographed alive and only 23 skins are preserved today.
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Common combinations with quagga
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: