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dassiepis

dassiepis noun: hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy.

Noun

dassiepis (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy.

Origin of dassiepis

Borrowed from Afrikaans dassiepis.

Questions about dassiepis

What does dassiepis mean?
Dassiepis means hyraceum: the solidified urine of a dassie, used in folk medicine to treat epilepsy.
What part of speech is dassiepis?
Dassiepis is a noun.

Words near dassiepis in the dictionary

  1. Dassel
  2. dasses
  3. dassie
  4. dassie rat
  5. dassie rats
  6. dassiepis
  7. dassies
  8. Dassin
  9. dassing
  10. Dassins
  11. dassit

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