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‖ springhaas S. Afr.|ˈsprɪŋhɑːs|
Also (with hyphen) spring-haas.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. spring jump, leap + haas hare.]
The jumping hare, Pedetes capensis, a nocturnal rodent with large and powerful hind legs and a hopping gait.
1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape Good Hope II. 195 By the colonists it [sc. the jerbua Capensis] is called berg-haas, or spring-haas (the mountain or bounding hare). 1837J. E. Alexander Narr. Voy. W. Afr. I. 347 One of the party shot a spring-haas, or jumping hare, formed like the kangaroo, with very short fore-legs and long hind ones. 1890A. Martin Home Life on Ostrich Farm xi. 225 Most uncanny of all the hares is the spring⁓haas. This creature..is never seen in the daytime, and can only be shot on moonlight nights. 1942S. Cloete Hill of Doves 145 His pulse..is fast and jumping like a springhaas. |