rock rabbit
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noun
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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
rock rabbit
noun
Southern African another name for the hyrax
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