Dictionary entry

Klipdas

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Klip″das (?), Klip″dachs′ (?) }, n. [D. klip cliff + das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zoöl.) A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit.