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dasht-e-kavir |
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dassie
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dassie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dassie has 1 sense
- dassie(n = noun.animal) coney, cony, das, hyrax - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes; Array is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
is a member of family procaviidae, procaviidae
has particulars: procavia capensis, rock hyrax, rock rabbit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dassie, n. S.Afr.
1 the Cape hyrax Procavia capensis. Also called rock-rabbit (see ROCK(1)).
2 a small coastal fish Diplodus sargus with rows of black stripes.
1 the Cape hyrax Procavia capensis. Also called rock-rabbit (see ROCK(1)).
2 a small coastal fish Diplodus sargus with rows of black stripes.
Etymology
Afrik. f. Du. dasje dimin. of das badger
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