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Definition of: hyrax
(hī′raks) noun plural ·rax·es or ·ra·ces (-rə·sēz)
A small, harelike ungulate mammal (order Hyracoidea) of Africa and SW Asia; the cony of the Bible; the rock hyrax (genus Procavia) shelters in crevices and the tree hyrax (genus Dendrohyrax) is arboreal. [<Gk., shrewmouse]
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