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Hyrax

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Noun

1. coney, cony, das, dassie, hyrax

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

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Hyrax

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nounWord forms: plural hyraxes or hyraces (ˈhaɪrəˌsiːz )
any agile herbivorous mammal of the family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea, of Africa and SW Asia, such as Procavia capensis (rock hyrax). They resemble rodents but have feet with hooflike toes
. Also called: dassie or ()in South African rock rabbit

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Hyrax

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nounWord forms: plural ˈhyˌraxes or ˈhyraˌces (haɪrəˌsiz ; hīrəsēzˌ)
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)

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Hyrax

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n. pl. hy·rax·es or hy·ra·ces (-rə-sēz)
Any of several herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae of Africa and the Middle East, resembling woodchucks or similar rodents but more closely related to the hoofed mammals. Also called coney1, dassie.

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