hyrax

See also: Hyrax

English

A hyrax.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɪ.ɹæks/

Noun

hyrax (plural hyraxes or hyraces)

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

Synonyms

(small paenungulates): coney, dassie

Hyponyms

(small paenungulates): klipdachs, rock hyrax, tree hyrax, bush hyrax

Translations

mammal of the order Hyracoidea

Arabic: وَبْر‎‎ (ar) (wabr), طَبْسُون‎‎ (ṭabsūn)
Bulgarian: даман m (daman)
Czech: daman m
Danish: klippegrævling
Esperanto: hyrako
Faroese: fjallagrevlingur m
Finnish: tamaani
French: daman (fr) m
German: Schliefer (de) m
Hadza: tláshowa, jjabâkho
Hausa: rēmā m
Hebrew: שָׁפָן‎‎ (he) m (shafan)
Hungarian: szirti borz
Icelandic: hnubbi m, klettagrefingi m, stökkhéri m (archaic)
Italian: irace (it) m, procavia f

Japanese: 岩狸 (ja) (イワダヌキ, iwadanuki)
Lithuanian: damanas m
Malay: hiraks
Navajo: shą́ą́ʼnahalghałí
Persian: خرگوش كوهی‎‎ (kharguše kuhi)
Polish: góralek (pl) m
Portuguese: damão m, hirax m, hírax m
Romanian: daman (ro) m
Russian: дама́н (ru) m (damán), жиря́к (ru) m (žirják)
Slovak: daman m
Spanish: damán m
Swahili: pelele, kwanga (sw), wibari, pimbi
Turkish: daman
Ukrainian: дама́н m (damán)
Welsh: cwning m

Further reading

hyrax in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
wikipedia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hyracoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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