Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name of Burchell's zebra, Equus burchelli, a very beautiful animal, resembling the quagga in some respects, but having the coloring of a zebra. Also called
bonte-quagga .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (
Asinus Burchellii ); -- called alsopeechi , orpeetsi .
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- noun The striped
quagga , or Burchell's zebra, ofSouth Africa (Asinus burchellii).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Second, the "dauw," or "Burchell's zebra," as it is more frequently called (_Equus Burchellii_).
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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The quagga keeps company with the gnoo, the "dauw" with the
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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The quagga keeps company with the gnoo, the "dauw" with the
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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We thus have a case of mutual dislike between the quagga and the dauw which cannot be explained by competition for food.
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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In connection with the horses it is worthy of notice that the quagga zebra, which never comes together with the dauw zebra, nevertheless lives on excellent terms, not only with ostriches, which are very good sentries, but also with gazelles, several species of antelopes, and gnus.
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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Abyssinia; but, perhaps, the "congo dauw," which certainly inhabits
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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At all events, the "congo dauw" is the "hippotigris," or tiger-horse, of the
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Third, the "Congo dauw" (_Equus hippotigris_), closely resembling the dauw.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Like the dauw, it frequents the open plains -- trooping together in vast droves, and often herding with several species of antelopes.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850
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Africa, and which differs altogether from the _dauw_ or Burchell's zebra, also found upon the great plains or karoos of the same region.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850
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