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Definition of Klipdas
1. n. A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit.
Definition of Klipdas
1. a rock-dwelling mammal [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Klipdas
Literary usage of Klipdas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1853)
"Der klipdas Cavia capensis, Pallas—Schrift. Berl. Naturf. Fr. 1782, III. p.
271, fig. 4. Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte des ..."
2. Parasites: A Treatise on the Entozoa of Man and Animals Including Some by Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1879)
"Owen showed that, anatomically, they possessed marked affinities with the sloths.
The klipdas or dasse (Hyrax capensis) is infested by a tapeworm, ..."
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