A small, herbivorous mammal in the order , the rock hyrax.
A small, herbivorous mammal in the order , the rock hyrax.
The dassie is the closest living relative to the elephant.
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(South African English) hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy.
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (, dassie) or the pika (, formerly ).
(Internet slang, endearing, humorous) hyrax.
A small mammal of the subfamily , characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
(Western, _, Australia) A rabbit-eared bandicoot; a bilby.