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Definition of Rock rabbit
1. Noun. Hyrax that lives in rocky areas.
Exact synonyms: Procavia Capensis, Rock Hyrax
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Das, Dassie, Hyrax
Group relationships: Genus Procavia, Procavia
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Das, Dassie, Hyrax
Group relationships: Genus Procavia, Procavia
2. Noun. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
Exact synonyms: Coney, Cony, Mouse Hare, Pika
Generic synonyms: Gnawing Mammal, Lagomorph
Group relationships: Family Ochotonidae, Ochotonidae
Specialized synonyms: Little Chief Hare, Ochotona Princeps, Collared Pika, Ochotona Collaris
Generic synonyms: Gnawing Mammal, Lagomorph
Group relationships: Family Ochotonidae, Ochotonidae
Specialized synonyms: Little Chief Hare, Ochotona Princeps, Collared Pika, Ochotona Collaris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Rabbit
Literary usage of Rock rabbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"The rock rabbit. Habits of Rodent Moles. Kitchen Middens. Burial Places of Natives.
Antelopes. An Ostrich Farm. Tracks of Animals in the Sand. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"To the Ethiopian fauna belong various rodents, the porcupine, rock rabbit,
steinbock, ga- zel, wild cat, the desert cat (felis ..."
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