hyrax

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/

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hyrax (plural hyraxes or hyraces)

2. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.

• (mammal): ashkoko, coney, daman, dassie

• (mammal): bush hyrax, cirogrille, klipdachs, rock hyrax, tree hyrax

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hyrax”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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• Hyracoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies