hy·rax (h  r ks )n. pl. hy·rax·es or hy·ra·ces (-r  -s z) Any of several herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae within the order Hyraoidea of Africa and adjacent Asia, resembling woodchucks or similar rodents but more closely related to the hoofed mammals. Also called coney1, dassie. [New Latin, from Greek hurax, shrew mouse.] |
hyrax [ˈhaɪræks]
n pl hyraxes, hyraces [ˈhaɪrəˌsiːz]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any agile herbivorous mammal of the family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea, of Africa and SW Asia, such as Procavia capensis (rock hyrax). They resemble rodents but have feet with hooflike toes Also called dassie
[from New Latin, from Greek hurax shrewmouse; probably related to Latin sōrex]
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| Noun | 1. |  hyrax - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toeseutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials family Procaviidae, Procaviidae - includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea |
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