rock rabbit

noun

1. rock hyrax.
2. pika.

rock rabbit

noun

1. another name for the hyrax

Word History and Origins

Origin of rock rabbit¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Mark West and Rock Rabbit are owned by Purple Wine Company, which calls itself a “virtual winery.”

From The Daily Beast

Consequently, it was classed by naturalists among the rodents for many years, under the name of Rock Rabbit.

From Project Gutenberg

On the wildest and most desolate peaks and rock piles is found the cony or pika or "rock rabbit" as it is variously called.

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"Here is a rock-rabbit whom I shall keep for a wife," he cried.

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Or else they themselves became ailing at that hour, saying they could not sleep upon a cliff like a rock-rabbit.

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The trail was clear, and he advanced toward the rock-rabbit.

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