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  1. hyrax
    [n] - any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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  2. Hyrax
    Hy'rax noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... shrew mouse.] (Zoology) 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 ) o...
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  3. hyrax
    <zoology> 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...
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  4. hyrax
    coney 3 cony 3 dassie noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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  5. Hyrax
    • (n.) 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 Sou...
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  6. hyrax
    any of six species of small hoofed mammals (ungulates) native to Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Hyraxes and pikas are sometimes called conies ... [3 related articles]
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  7. hyrax
    hyrax (hī'răks) , name for rabbit-sized mammals of Africa and SW Asia comprising the family Procavidae. Although rodentlike in appearance, hyraxes are hoofed mammals, or ungulates (see Chordata), most closely related to elephants and sea cows. The hyrax, also called coney, has a squa...
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  8. Hyrax
    The hyrax is a genus of pachydermatous mammalia, intermediate in their character between the rhinoceros and the tapir. It is the only genus of the order Hyracoidea, characterized by having no canine teeth, but long curved incisors. The front feet have four toes, and the hind feet three. The Cape hyr...
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  9. hyrax
    Any of a group of small, rodentlike, herbivorous mammals that live among rocks in desert areas, and in forests in Africa, Arabia, and Syria. They are about the size of a rabbit, with a plump body, short legs, short ears, brownish fur, and long, curved front teeth. (Family Procaviidae, order Hyracoid...
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  10. Hyrax
    A hyrax (from Greek ὕραξ "shrewmouse") is any species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. The rock hyrax Procavia capensis, the yellow-spotted rock hyrax Heterohyrax brucei, the western tree hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis, and the southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyra...
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  11. hyrax
    1) Coney 2) Cony 3) Das 4) Dassie 5) Eutherian 6) Eutherian mammal 7) Placental 8) Placental mammal
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