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Hyrax

Hyrax Meaning & Definition
Hyrax Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hyrax?

[n] any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hyrax: coney | cony | das | dassie

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See Also | eutherian | eutherian mammal | family Procaviidae | placental | placental mammal | Procavia capensis | Procaviidae | rock hyrax | rock rabbit

Hyrax In Webster's Dictionary

\Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shrew mouse.] (Zo["o]l.) Any animal of the genus {Hyrax}, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman ({H. Syriacus}) of Palestine, and the klipdas ({H. capensis}) of South Africa. Other species are {H. arboreus} and {H. Sylvestris}, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See {Daman}.

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