Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hyrax"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hyrax \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hyrax
n : any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
[syn: {coney}, {cony}, {dassie}, {das}]
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