dassie
[ das-ee, dah-see ]
noun
Origin of dassie
11780–90; <Afrikaans, diminutive of das;see das
Words Nearby dassie
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How to use dassie in a sentence
On the southwestern coastal deserts of Africa, dassie rats create abodes not all that unlike those of the packrats or vizcachas.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets. | Rachel Feltman | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe witnesses in this case are all natives residing at dassie Klip, who knew the assailants well.
The War in South Africa | Arthur Conan DoyleAt the Cape they are known to the Dutch as dass (badger), which has been anglicized into “dassie.”
British Dictionary definitions for dassie
dassie
/ (ˈdæsɪ) /
noun
another name for a hyrax, esp the rock hyrax
Origin of dassie
1C19: from Afrikaans
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