Hyrax Definition

hīrăks
hyraces, hyraxes
noun
hyraxes
Any of an order (Hyracoidea) of small, rodentlike mammals of Africa and SW Asia that feed on plants and live in rocky areas (genus Procavia) or in trees (genera Dendrohyrax and Heterohyrax)
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
hyrax
Plural:
hyraces, hyraxes

Origin of Hyrax

  • New Latin from Greek hurax shrew mouse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ὕραξ (hurax, “shrewmouse”).

    From Wiktionary

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