About The Word Hyrax
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Hyrax
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Hyrax: 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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