Das (Noun)
Meaning
Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The dassie is a common sight in many South African game parks.
- Dassies inhabit rocky areas with adequate shelter and a ready supply of vegetation.
- Dassies use their powerful claws and tough skin to defend themselves against predators.
- There are six species of dassies, including the yellow-spotted dassie, the western tree dassie, and the eastern tree dassie.
- The local wildlife tour highlighted the dassie as one of the native small ungulates of the region.