rock badger
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English
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Etymology
[edit]rock + badger. From Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).
Noun
[edit]rock badger (plural rock badgers)
- Any of species Procavia capensis of mammals with a rodent-like appearance, but not closely related, related instead to the elephant, found in Africa and the Middle East.
- An animal of this kind of the subpopulation found in Southern/South Africa.
Synonyms
[edit]- rock rabbit
- rock hyrax
- Cape hyrax
- Cape rock hyrax
- dassie (South African English)
- coney (Biblical English word)