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Dassie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See hyrax.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea. The rock hyrax.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Word Usage

"There are also is an isolated population of the Cape dassie Procavia capensis, also tree hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis; and bush pig Potamochoerus porcus, warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus, bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, Maxwell's duiker Cephalophus maxwelli and black duiker C. niger, bay duiker C. dorsalis and forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

eutherian placental mammal eutherian mammal placental

Hyponym

rock hyrax rock rabbit procavia capensis

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

hyrax