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

Hyrax Sentence Examples

  • That of the alpine zone includes two species of dassy (Pr ocavia), a coney (Hyrax), and a rat (Otomys).

  • The gall-bladder is usually present in mammals, but is wanting in the odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla) and Procavia (Hyrax).

  • These creatures have no proper English name, and are generally known as hyraxes, from the scientific term (Hyrax) by which they were for many years designated - a term which has unfortunately had to give place to the earlier Procavia.

  • In the title "hyrax" they have, for instance, usurped the Greek name for the shrew-mouse; while in the Bible they have been given the old English name for the rabbit.

  • The existence of paired caeca was previously known in a few armadillos and anteaters, but Dr Mitchell has shown that they are common in these groups, while he has also recorded their occurrence in the hyrax and the manati.

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