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noun
Any of species Procavia capensis of mammals with a rodent-like appearance, but not closely related, related instead to the elephant, found in Africa and the Middle East.
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noun
Any of species Procavia capensis of mammals with a rodent-like appearance, but not closely related, related instead to the elephant, found in Africa and the Middle East.
An animal of this kind of the subpopulation found in Southern/South Africa.
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History
From rock + badger. From Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).
