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rock badger

rock badger noun: any member of the species Procavia capensis of mammals with a rodent-like appearance, but not closely related to rodents, related instead to the elephant, found in Africa and the Middle East.

Noun

rock badger (plural rock badgers)

  1. Any member of the species Procavia capensis of mammals with a rodent-like appearance, but not closely related to rodents, related instead to the elephant, found in Africa and the Middle East.
    1. An animal of this kind of the subpopulation found in Southern/South Africa.

Synonyms of rock badger

Forms of rock badger

pluralrock badgers

Origin of rock badger

From rock + badger. From Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).

Questions about rock badger

What does rock badger mean?
Rock badger means any member of the species Procavia capensis of mammals with a rodent-like appearance, but not closely related to rodents, related instead to the elephant, found in Africa and the Middle East.
What part of speech is rock badger?
Rock badger is a noun.
What is the plural of rock badger?
The plural of rock badger is rock badgers.

Words near rock badger in the dictionary

  1. rock and rye
  2. rock armour
  3. rock armours
  4. rock art
  5. rock arts
  6. rock badger
  7. rock badgers
  8. rock band
  9. rock bands
  10. rock barnacle
  11. rock barnacles

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