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dassie
[ das-ee, dah-see ]
dassie
/ ˈdæsɪ /
noun
- another name for a hyrax, esp the rock hyrax
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dassie1
C19: from Afrikaans
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Example Sentences
On the southwestern coastal deserts of Africa, dassie rats create abodes not all that unlike those of the packrats or vizcachas.
From Popular-Science
The witnesses in this case are all natives residing at Dassie Klip, who knew the assailants well.
From Project Gutenberg
At the Cape they are known to the Dutch as dass (badger), which has been anglicized into “dassie.”
From Project Gutenberg
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