Hyrax

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyrax \Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shrew mouse.] (Zool.)
     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 ({Hyrax Syriacus}) of Palestine,
     and the klipdas ({Hyrax capensis}) of South Africa. Other
     species are {Hyrax arboreus} and {Hyrax Sylvestris}, the


     former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa.
     See {Daman}. Hyrcanian

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hyrax
       n : any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
           with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
           [syn: {coney}, {cony}, {dassie}, {das}]
       [also: {hyraces} (pl)]