hyracoidea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hyraxes and some extinct animals
    order Hyracoidea.

WordNet

Hyr`a*coi"de*a noun plural
Etymology
NL. See Hyrax, and oid.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax.

Webster 1913