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hyrax

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coney, cony, dassie, das

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal

Narrower terms: rock hyrax, rock rabbit, Procavia capensis

History

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dassie — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Arabic: وَبْر (wabr) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Arabic: طَبْسُون (ṭabsūn) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Bulgarian: даман (daman) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Catalan: damà — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蹄兔 (títù) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Czech: daman — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Danish: klippegrævling — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Dutch: klipdas — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Dyula: farakɔrɔba — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Esperanto: hirako — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Esperanto: prokavio — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Faroese: fjallagrevlingur — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Finnish: tamaani — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • French: daman — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • German: Schliefer — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Hadza: tláshowa — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Hadza: jjabâkho — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Hausa: rēmā — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Hebrew: שָׁפָן (shafan) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Hungarian: szirti borz — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Icelandic: hnubbi — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Icelandic: klettagrefingi — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Icelandic: stökkhéri — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Italian: irace — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Italian: procavia — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Japanese: 岩狸 (iwadanuki) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Kazakh: даман (daman) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Korean: 바위너구리 (bawineoguri) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Lingala: ebélá — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Lithuanian: damanas — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Malay: hiraks — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Persian: خرگوش کوهی (xarguš-e kuhi) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Polish: góralek — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Portuguese: damão — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Portuguese: hirax — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Portuguese: hírax — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Romanian: daman — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Russian: дама́н (damán) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Russian: жиря́к (žirják) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Serbo-Croatian: pećinar — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Slovak: daman — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Spanish: damán — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Swahili: pelele — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Swahili: kwanga — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Swahili: wibari — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Swahili: pimbi — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Swedish: hyrax — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Swedish: dass — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Turkish: daman — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Turkish: böbür — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Ukrainian: дама́н (damán) — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Vietnamese: đa-man — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Welsh: cwning — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Yoruba: agà — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Yoruba: ọ̀fàfà — mammal of the order Hyracoidea
  • Yoruba: ọ̀wàwà — mammal of the order Hyracoidea