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Origin of rock rabbit

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby rock rabbit

rock-'n'-roll, rock oil, rockoon, rock pigeon, rock plant, rock rabbit, rock-ribbed, rockrose, rockrose family, rock salmon, rock salt

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How to use rock rabbit in a sentence

Mark West and Rock Rabbit are owned by Purple Wine Company, which calls itself a “virtual winery.”
How Wine Became Like Fast Food|Keith Wallace|November 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Consequently, it was classed by naturalists among the rodents for many years, under the name of Rock Rabbit.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
On the wildest and most desolate peaks and rock piles is found the cony or pika or "rock rabbit" as it is variously called.
The Lake of the Sky|George Wharton James
"Here is a rock-rabbit whom I shall keep for a wife," he cried.
Swallow|H. Rider Haggard

Or else they themselves became ailing at that hour, saying they could not sleep upon a cliff like a rock-rabbit.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales|Henry Rider Haggard
The trail was clear, and he advanced toward the rock-rabbit.
The Grizzly King|James Oliver Curwood

British Dictionary definitions for rock rabbit

rock rabbit

noun

Southern African another name for the hyrax

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