dassies
Meaning of dassies
- a hyrax (mammal), especially the rock hyrax of southern Africa.
- 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 dassies
- It is a name.
- The singular form of dassies is: dassy.
- Languages in which dassies is used:
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Hyphenation of dassies
dassies
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- dassies is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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