Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native name in Abyssinia of the cony, a species of Hyrax. Bruce. Also called
ganam and wabber. Seecony , 2.
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Examples
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It is the webro of the Arabians, the daman-Israel of Shaw, the ashkoko of
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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But it is now believed that the ashkoko, an animal mentioned by Bruce, presents properties which accord much better with the description of the saphan given in different parts of the Old Testament, than the cony, hare, or rabbit.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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