Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See hyrax.
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- n. A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea. The rock hyrax.
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- n. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
Etymologies
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Examples
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We see heart-shaped leopard paw prints, dark beads round as pearls, the scat of a kudu, and the dried carcass of a rock dassie.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I
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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.
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It is difficult to imagine that the closest living relatives of the modern elephant are the hyrax rock dassie, about the size of a guinea pig, the dugong, the manatee, and the golden mole of the Namib Desert.
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Horseshoe hunter-gatherers hyenas hyrax rock dassie
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Two species of shrews and various rat, mouse and dassie species are found.
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Yay hyraxes, or the dassie, as it's known at the Cape.
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June 22, 2009 at 9:19 am looks like its a wombat – or a dassie or a marmotte or a prairy dog – very patient kitteh I’d say!
not only do I get the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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