klipdachs

English

klipdachses

Etymology

Borrowed from German Klippdachs, from Dutch klipdas.

Noun

klipdachs (plural klipdachses)

1. Alternative form of klipdas
   • 1863, Georg Hartwig, The Tropical World: a Popular Scientific Account of the Natural History of the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms in the Equatorial Regions, page 395:

     But if he succeeds in seizing the klipdachs before it has time to leap away, he carries it to a rocky ledge, and slowly tears it to pieces.

   • 1881, William Henry Giles Kingston, In the Wilds of Africa: A Tale for Boys, page 306:

     He knew that in time the poor silly little klipdachs would grow careless, and, anxious for a game at play, would get too far from their homes to skip back before he could be down upon them.

   • 1971, Karl Mauch, F. O. Bernhard, Karl Mauch: African Explorer, page 153:

     The klipdachs (hierax) and the klipspringer (Oreotragus saltatrix) are the prevalent population, now however threatened with extinction.

Synonyms

• rock rabbit