HYRACES

HYRAX

hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das

(noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

hyraces

plural of hyrax

Anagrams

• Archeys, chayres

Source: Wiktionary


HYRAX

Hy"rax, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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