Noun: dassie da-see
- Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
"Despite its small size, the dassie is more closely related to elephants than to rodents";
- hyrax, coney, cony, das, daman
Derived forms: dassies
Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Part of: family Procaviidae, Procaviidae
Encyclopedia: Dassie