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rock rabbit

rock rabbit

noun

  1. another name for the hyrax
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rock rabbit1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

Mark West and Rock Rabbit are owned by Purple Wine Company, which calls itself a “virtual winery.”

Consequently, it was classed by naturalists among the rodents for many years, under the name of Rock Rabbit.

On the wildest and most desolate peaks and rock piles is found the cony or pika or "rock rabbit" as it is variously called.

"Here is a rock-rabbit whom I shall keep for a wife," he cried.

Or else they themselves became ailing at that hour, saying they could not sleep upon a cliff like a rock-rabbit.

The trail was clear, and he advanced toward the rock-rabbit.

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