klipdas
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]klipdas (plural klipdasses)
- A small mammal (Hyrax capensis), found in South Africa, that closely resembles the daman.
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Noun
[edit]klipdas (plural klipdasse, diminutive klipdassie)
Dutch
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ein_klippschliefer.jpg/220px-Ein_klippschliefer.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From klip (“rock; cliff”) + das (“badger”). First attested in the 18th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]klipdas m (plural klipdassen, diminutive klipdasje n)
- 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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- 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.
Descendants
[edit]- → English: klipdas
- Afrikaans: klipdas, klipdassie
- → German: Klippdachs
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