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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyrax \Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? shrew mouse.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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