Phrase guide

rock hyrax

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A guinea pig-like, but larger, animal (Procavia capensis), native to much of Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

hyrax that lives in rocky areas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rock rabbit, Procavia capensis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dassie — Procavia capensis
  • Catalan: damà roquer del Cap — Procavia capensis
  • Finnish: kalliotamaani — Procavia capensis
  • Finnish: kapintamaani — Procavia capensis
  • French: daman des rochers — Procavia capensis
  • Galician: damán do Cabo — Procavia capensis
  • German: Klippschliefer — Procavia capensis
  • Italian: irace del Capo — Procavia capensis
  • Polish: góralek przylądkowy — Procavia capensis
  • Portuguese: damão — Procavia capensis
  • Portuguese: macópio — Procavia capensis
  • Russian: ка́пский дама́н (kápskij damán) — Procavia capensis
  • Spanish: damán roquero — Procavia capensis
  • Swedish: klipphyrax — Procavia capensis