klipdas

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch klipdas.

Noun

klipdas (plural klipdasses)

  1. A small mammal (Hyrax capensis), found in South Africa, that closely resembles the daman.

Synonyms

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klipdas.

Noun

klipdas (plural klipdasse, diminutive klipdassie)

  1. (chiefly diminutive) hyrax, klipdas
    Synonyms: das, dassie

Dutch
A Heterohyrax brucei, a type of klipdas.

Etymology

From klip (“rock; cliff”) +‎ das (“badger”). First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklɪp.dɑs/
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  • Hyphenation: klip‧das

Noun

klipdas m (plural klipdassen, diminutive klipdasje n)

  1. klipdas, hyrax
    • 1784, De Buffon & Daubenton, "De klip-das", in De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, met de beschryving van des konings kabinet, vol. 15, publ. by J. H. Schneider, page 213.
      […] dit is de reden, waarom wy hem den naam van klip-das gelaaten hebben, onder welken hy aan de Kaap de Goede-hoop bekend is.
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Descendants
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