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Noun: hyrax (hyraxes,hyraces)  'hI,raks
  1. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
    - coney, cony, dassie, das, daman

Derived forms: hyraces, hyraxes

Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

Part of: family Procaviidae, Procaviidae

Encyclopedia: Hyrax

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