dassie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dassie
1780–90; < Afrikaans, diminutive of das; see das
Example Sentences
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It is only the second time the small animals, also known as the rock rabbit or dassie, have reproduced since arriving at the safari park in 2012.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2021
I’m just another rock, she told the dassie as he suspiciously sniffed the air.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
She still managed to bring down the occasional hare or dassie, but she had to spend a long time hunting them.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The dassie flopped wildly, snapping his sharp tusks.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
She poked sticky cotton into tiny gaps with a sliver of dassie bone.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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