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Nearby words
rock milk, rock of gibraltar, rock oil, rock pigeon, rock plant, rock rabbit, rock salmon, rock salt, rock snake, rock spray, rock springs
Origin of rock rabbit
First recorded in 1840–50
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Examples from the Web for rock rabbit
"Here is a rock-rabbit whom I shall keep for a wife," he cried.
Swallow|H. Rider HaggardThe trail was clear, and he advanced toward the rock-rabbit.
The Grizzly King|James Oliver CurwoodThe spring-hare (Pedestea caffer) and rock-rabbit (Hyrax capensis) may often be observed.
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
British Dictionary definitions for rock rabbit
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