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rock hyrax
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rock hyrax
n.
See rock rabbit.
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Noun1.rock hyrax - hyrax that lives in rocky areas
Procavia capensis, rock rabbit
cony, das, dassie, hyrax, coney - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
genus Procavia, Procavia - type genus of the Procaviidae
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