What does "dassie" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "dassie"?

Common synonyms include: cape rock hyrax, coney, cony, das, hyrax.

/ˈdæs.i/ noun

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Noun

1
A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea, the rock hyrax.
"The dassie is the closest living relative to the elephant."
2
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes wordnet

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

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