HYRAX (hyraces)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hyraces   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyrax mean? 

• HYRAX (noun)
  The noun HYRAX has 1 sense:

1. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

  Familiarity information: HYRAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYRAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

coney; cony; das; dassie; hyrax

Hypernyms ("hyrax" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyrax"):

Procavia capensis; rock hyrax; rock rabbit (hyrax that lives in rocky areas)

Holonyms ("hyrax" is a member of...):

family Procaviidae; Procaviidae (includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea)