rock badger

English

Etymology

From rock +‎ badger. From Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).

Noun

rock badger (plural rock badgers)

1. 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.
   1. An animal of this kind of the subpopulation found in Southern/South Africa.

Synonyms

• Cape hyrax
• Cape rock hyrax
• coney (Biblical English word)
• dassie (South Africa)
• rock hyrax
• rock rabbit

Coordinate terms

• dassiepis
• hyraceum