roode haas, noun phrase

Forms:
Also rooihaas.
Origin:
South African DutchShow more South African Dutch, roode (later rooi) red + haas hare.
obs.
Either of two rock rabbits of the Leporidae, Pronolagus rupestris or P. crassicandatus.
[1796 E. Helme tr. of F. Le Vaillant’s Trav. II. 166 (Jeffreys)This was a hare...known there by the name of roode-gat-haas (the hare with the red anus).]
1844 J. Backhouse Narr. of Visit 485 (Jeffreys)The Red Hare or Roode Haas, Lepus rupestris, is smaller than the Common Hare.
1905 W.L. Sclater in Flint & Gilchrist Science in S. Afr. 134The Hares, known as the Vlackte haas (Lepus capensis), Rhebok haas (L. saxatilis) and Roode haas (L. crassicandatus)..are spread all over the country.
1918 S.H. Skaife Animal Life in S. Afr. 254The red hare, or roode haas, is smaller than the Cape Hare and redder in colour. It lives in small colonies on hill tops, and feeds on grass and shrubs.
1940 V. Pohl Bushveld Adventures 27He raced down the rantjie with the agility of a ‘rooihaas’.
Either of two rock rabbits of the Leporidae, Pronolagus rupestris or P. crassicandatus.
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