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ROCK RABBIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
Synonyms:
coney; cony; mouse hare; pika; rock rabbit
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hyrax that lives in rocky areas
Synonyms:
Procavia capensis; rock hyrax; rock rabbit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
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)
