dassie

Meaning of dassie

noun
  1. a hyrax (mammal), especially the rock hyrax of southern Africa.
  2. a silvery marine fish with dark fins and a black spot on the tail, found around African and Mediterranean coasts.

late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from South African Dutch dasje, diminutive of Dutch das ‘badger’; the fish is said to have been named because of a perceived resemblance (in its habit of frequenting rocks, or from its shy nature) to the rock hyrax.

Information about dassie

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Hyphenation of dassie

dassie

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • dassie is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

dassie synonyms

Meaning hyrax:

hyrax, coney, cony, das

Anagrams of dassie

asides, daises

Words that rhyme with dassie

Cassie, Coomassie, Kassie, Lassie, Massie, Selassie, Tassie, bassie, brassie, cassie, chuprassie, glassie, grassie, lassie, tassie, wassie, Bessie, Cressie, Essie, Jessie, Lessie, Nessie, Tessie, jessie, nessie, pressie, Chrissie, Cissie, Crissie, Issie, Kissie, Krissie, Lissie, Melissie, Missie, Nissie, Prissie, Sissie, Flossie, Ossie, Rossie, cossie, flossie, mossie, possie, prossie, Aussie, Gussie, aussie, gussie

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