dassie
noun
das·sie ˈda-sē 
: hyrax
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web At the top: Follow one of the hiking trails starting at the station and explore Table Mountain National Park, watching for lizards and the guinea-pig like dassies in rock crevices. 
Jamie Moore, USA TODAY, 29 June 2017
Jamie Moore, USA TODAY, 29 June 2017 Word History
Etymology
Afrikaans
First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing dassie
- thirstier
- thirstiest
- thirstilier
- thirstiliest
- thirstily
- thirstiness
- thirstinesses
- thirsting
- thirsting (for)
- thirsting for
- thirstless
- thirstlessness
- thirsts
- thirsts (for)
- thirsts for
- thirsty
- thirteen
- thirteen-lined gopher
- thirteen-lined ground squirrel
- thirteener
- thirteenest
- thirteenner
- thirteennest
- thirteens
- thirteenth