"hyrax" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hyrax.wav Forms: hyraxes [plural], hyraces [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|grc|ὕραξ||shrewmouse}} Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|hyraces}} hyrax (plural hyraxes or hyraces)
  1. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East. Categories (lifeform): Hyraxes Synonyms (small paenungulates): ashkoko, coney, daman, dassie Hyponyms (small paenungulates): bush hyrax, cirogrille, klipdachs, rock hyrax, tree hyrax Derived forms: Cape hyrax, Cape rock hyrax Translations (mammal of the order Hyracoidea): dassie (Afrikaans), وَبْر (wabr) (Arabic), طَبْسُون (ṭabsūn) (Arabic), даман (daman) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 蹄兔 (títù) (Chinese Mandarin), daman [masculine] (Czech), klippegrævling (Danish), klipdas [masculine] (Dutch), farakɔrɔba (Dyula), hyrako (Esperanto), fjallagrevlingur [masculine] (Faroese), tamaani (Finnish), daman [masculine] (French), Schliefer [masculine] (German), tláshowa (Hadza), jjabâkho (Hadza), rēmā [masculine] (Hausa), שָׁפָן (shafan) [masculine] (Hebrew), szirti borz (Hungarian), hnubbi [masculine] (Icelandic), klettagrefingi [masculine] (Icelandic), stökkhéri [archaic, masculine] (Icelandic), irace [masculine] (Italian), procavia [feminine] (Italian), 岩狸 (iwadanuki) (alt: イワダヌキ) (Japanese), даман (daman) (Kazakh), damanas [masculine] (Lithuanian), hiraks (Malay), خرگوش کوهی (xarguš-e kuhi) (Persian), góralek [masculine] (Polish), damão [masculine] (Portuguese), hirax [masculine] (Portuguese), hírax [masculine] (Portuguese), daman [masculine] (Romanian), дама́н (damán) [masculine] (Russian), жиря́к (žirják) [masculine] (Russian), pećinar [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), daman [masculine] (Slovak), damán [masculine] (Spanish), pelele (Swahili), kwanga (Swahili), wibari (Swahili), pimbi (Swahili), hyrax [common-gender] (Swedish), dass [common-gender] (Swedish), daman (Turkish), дама́н (damán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đa-man (Vietnamese), cwning [masculine] (Welsh), agà (Yoruba), ọ̀fàfà (Yoruba), ọ̀wàwà (Yoruba)
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          "word": "cwning"
        },
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          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
          "word": "agà"
        },
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          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
          "word": "ọ̀fàfà"
        },
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          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
          "word": "ọ̀wàwà"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/"
    },
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}
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    {
      "word": "Cape hyrax"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape rock hyrax"
    }
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    },
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        "4": "",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "bush hyrax"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "cirogrille"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "klipdachs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "rock hyrax"
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    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "tree hyrax"
    }
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        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Dyula translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hadza translations",
        "Terms with Hausa translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
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        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "Terms with Yoruba translations",
        "en:Hyraxes"
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          "Africa"
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          "Middle East",
          "Middle East"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "ashkoko"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "coney"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "daman"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small paenungulates",
      "word": "dassie"
    }
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "dassie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wabr",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "وَبْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭabsūn",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "طَبْسُون"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "daman",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "даман"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "títù",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "蹄兔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daman"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "klippegrævling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klipdas"
    },
    {
      "code": "dyu",
      "lang": "Dyula",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "farakɔrɔba"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "hyrako"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fjallagrevlingur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "tamaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daman"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schliefer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hts",
      "lang": "Hadza",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "tláshowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hts",
      "lang": "Hadza",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "jjabâkho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rēmā"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shafan",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שָׁפָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "szirti borz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hnubbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klettagrefingi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stökkhéri"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "irace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "procavia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "イワダヌキ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iwadanuki",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "岩狸"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "daman",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "даман"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damanas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "hiraks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xarguš-e kuhi",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "خرگوش کوهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "góralek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hirax"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hírax"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "damán",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дама́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žirják",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жиря́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pećinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daman"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "pelele"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "kwanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "wibari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "pimbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hyrax"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dass"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "daman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "damán",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дама́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "đa-man"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwning"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "agà"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "ọ̀fàfà"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "mammal of the order Hyracoidea",
      "word": "ọ̀wàwà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hyrax"
}

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