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quag
(encz) | quag,bažina n: Zdeněk Brož |
quag
(encz) | quag,blata Zdeněk Brož |
quag
(encz) | quag,slatina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Quag
(gcide) | Quag \Quag\, n.
A quagmire. [R.] "Crooked or straight, through quags or
thorny dells." --Cowper.
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quag
(wn) | quag
n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
[syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack] |
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quagga
(encz) | quagga, n: |
quaggy
(encz) | quaggy, adj: |
quagmire
(encz) | quagmire,bažina n: [obec.] mammquagmire,močál n: [obec.] mamm |
quagmires
(encz) | quagmires,bažiny n: pl. Zdeněk Brožquagmires,močály n: pl. |
quinquagesima
(encz) | Quinquagesima, |
Equus quagga
(gcide) | Quagga \Quag"ga\, n. [Hottentot.] (Zool.)
A South African wild ass (Equus quagga syn. {Hippotigris
quagga}). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler
behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face,
neck, and fore part of the body. The species became extinct
in the late 1800's, largely due to excessive hunting.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Zebra \Ze"bra\, n. [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a
native African name.] (Zool.)
Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable
for having the body white or yellowish white, and
conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
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Note: The true or mountain zebra (Equus zebra syn. {Asinus
zebra}) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the
body and legs are glossy black. Its tail has a tuft of
black hair at the tip. It inhabits the mountains of
Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its
wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness.
The second species (Equus Burchellii syn. {Asinus
Burchellii} or Equus quagga), known as {Burchell's
zebra}, plains zebra, and dauw, is the most
abundant, inhabiting the grassy plains of tropical and
southern Africa, and differing from the preceding in
not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the
body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered
with long white flowing hair. Grevy's zebra ({Equus
grevyi}) is distinct from the others in being placed in
the subgenus Dolichohippus, whereas the plains and
mountain zebras are placed in the subgenus Hippotigris.
More on zebras can be found at:
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/zebra.html
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Zebra caterpillar, the larva of an American noctuid moth
(Mamestra picta). It is light yellow, with a broad black
stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral
stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on
cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants.
Zebra opossum, the zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
Zebra parrakeet, an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept
as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish
yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents;
the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright
green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are
blue. Called also canary parrot, scallop parrot,
shell parrot, and undulated parrot.
Zebra poison (Bot.), a poisonous tree (Euphorbia arborea)
of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky
juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by
drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and
it is also used as an arrow poison. --J. Smith (Dict.
Econ. Plants).
Zebra shark. Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger.
Zebra spider, a hunting spider.
Zebra swallowtail, a very large North American
swallow-tailed butterfly (Iphiclides ajax), in which the
wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also
ajax.
Zebra wolf. See under Wolf.
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Hippotigris quagga
(gcide) | Quagga \Quag"ga\, n. [Hottentot.] (Zool.)
A South African wild ass (Equus quagga syn. {Hippotigris
quagga}). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler
behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face,
neck, and fore part of the body. The species became extinct
in the late 1800's, largely due to excessive hunting.
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Quag
(gcide) | Quag \Quag\, n.
A quagmire. [R.] "Crooked or straight, through quags or
thorny dells." --Cowper.
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Quagga
(gcide) | Quagga \Quag"ga\, n. [Hottentot.] (Zool.)
A South African wild ass (Equus quagga syn. {Hippotigris
quagga}). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler
behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face,
neck, and fore part of the body. The species became extinct
in the late 1800's, largely due to excessive hunting.
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Quaggy
(gcide) | Quaggy \Quag"gy\, a. [See Quag, Quagmire.]
Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the
foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. "O'er the watery
strath, or quaggy moss." --Collins.
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Quagmire
(gcide) | Quagmire \Quag"mire`\, n. [Quake + mire.]
Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
"A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult
of access." --Palfrey.
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Syn: Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.
[1913 Webster] Quahog |
Quinquagesima
(gcide) | Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus
the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See
Five.]
Fiftieth.
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Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day
before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning;
-- called also Shrove Sunday.
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Quinquagesima Sunday
(gcide) | Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus
the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See
Five.]
Fiftieth.
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Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day
before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning;
-- called also Shrove Sunday.
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equus quagga
(wn) | Equus quagga
n 1: mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct
since late 19th century [syn: quagga, Equus quagga] |
quagga
(wn) | quagga
n 1: mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct
since late 19th century [syn: quagga, Equus quagga] |
quaggy
(wn) | quaggy
adj 1: (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under
foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky
lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the
sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy,
marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,
sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged] |
quagmire
(wn) | quagmire
n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
[syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack] |
quinquagesima
(wn) | Quinquagesima
n 1: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
[syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday] |
quinquagesima sunday
(wn) | Quinquagesima Sunday
n 1: the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
[syn: Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday] |
AQUAGIUM
(bouvier) | AQUAGIUM, i. e. aquae agium. 1. A water course. 2. A toll for water.
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