dassien.
/ˈdasi/, U.S. /ˈdæsi/, South African English /ˈdʌsi/ South African.
1. = das n. 2, dassy n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > order Hyracoidea or genus Procavia > procavia syriaca (daman)
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1814 J. Pinkerton tr. C. P. Thunberg Acct. Cape of Good Hope XVI. 129 The uppermost covers himself with the skin of a Dassi (cavia capensis), to keep out the cold and bad weather.
1828 J. Philip Res. S. Afr. I. ii. 27 Their Sonquaas (soldiers)..wander daily in the fields to catch dasjés, jackals, and other animals.
1835 A. Smith Diary 10 July (1940) II. 106 The dassie chews the cud.
1866 J. Leyland Adventures Far Interior S. Afr. iii. 118 In these mountains I also saw the Dassi (Hyrax Capensis), or Rock Rabbit of the Cape.
1902 [see sense 2]. 1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Aug. iv/3 Hyraxes, known also as ‘Dassies’, or ‘Rock-rabbits’, the conies of the Bible.
1946 Cape Times 28 Aug. 7/6 Eagles, Cape dassies, the mongoose.
1952 Cape Times 22 Nov. 4/6 A whole colony of dassies (rock-rabbits).
2. The sea-fish Diplodus sargus (family Sparidæ); black-tail.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > diplodus sargus (dassie)
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1853 L. Pappe Synopsis Edible Fishes Cape Good Hope 22 Cantharus Emarginatus..Dasje..Rare in Table Bay, but more frequently caught in the several Bays to the East of the Cape.
1902 Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 11 220 The Dasje might also with a little stretch of the imagination be likened to the rabbit or dassie, from its general shape, and this is the name by which it is known in Cape Town, Hout Bay, and Kalk Bay.
1930 C. L. Biden Sea-angling Fishes of Cape xii. 199 Dassie are often caught that when taken from the water are silvery.
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