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Word: Hyrax
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek hurax ‘shrew-mouse’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhʌɪraks
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small herbivorous mammal with a compact body and a very short tail, found in arid country in Africa and Arabia. The nearest relatives to hyraxes are the elephants and other subungulates.
Short Definition:small herbivorous mammal with compact body and very short tail, found in arid country in Africa and Arabia
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