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
- ground lizard
- ground log
- ground loop
- ground mahogany
- ground mail
- ground mallow
- ground maple
- ground meristem
- ground mist
- ground moraine
- ground noise
- ground note
- ground oak
- ground observer
- ground on
- ground out
- ground owl
- ground parrot
- ground pea
- ground pearl
- ground pig
- ground pigeon
- ground pine
- ground pink
- ground pistachio