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ROCK RABBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock rabbit mean? 

ROCK RABBIT (noun)
  The noun ROCK RABBIT has 2 senses:

1. hyrax that lives in rocky areasplay

2. small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: ROCK RABBIT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCK RABBIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hyrax that lives in rocky areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Procavia capensis; rock hyrax; rock rabbit

Hypernyms ("rock rabbit" is a kind of...):

coney; cony; das; dassie; hyrax (any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes)

Holonyms ("rock rabbit" is a member of...):

genus Procavia; Procavia (type genus of the Procaviidae)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

coney; cony; mouse hare; pika; rock rabbit

Hypernyms ("rock rabbit" is a kind of...):

gnawing mammal; lagomorph (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rock rabbit"):

little chief hare; Ochotona princeps (North American pika)

collared pika; Ochotona collaris (similar to little chief hare and may be same species)

Holonyms ("rock rabbit" is a member of...):

family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)


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