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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea, the rock hyrax.

   "The dassie is the closest living relative to the elephant."

2. 2
   any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

hyraxhyraxcape hyraxcape rock hyraxconeycony

Example

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"The dassie is the closest living relative to the elephant."

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).

Related phrases

dassie ratrock hyrax

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