HyperDic: hyrax

English > 1 sense of the word hyrax:
NOUNanimalhyrax, coney, cony, dassie, dasany of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
English > hyrax: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
Synonymsconey, cony, dassie, das
Member ofProcaviidae, family ProcaviidaeIncludes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
Narrowerrock hyrax, rock rabbit, Procavia capensishyrax that lives in rocky areas
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishdamán, das, dassie, hyracoidea, hyrax
Catalandamà, hyrax

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