hyrax Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
    cony; das; dassie; coney.

WordNet

Hy"rax noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. shrew mouse.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913