English-Thai Dictionary
hyrax
N สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม ขนาดเล็ก พวก Hyracoidae พบ ใน อาฟริกา
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HYRAX
Hy "rax, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus ) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis ) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H.Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hyrax
hy rax |ˈhīˌraks ˈhaɪˌræks | ▶noun a small herbivorous mammal with a compact body and a very short tail, found in arid country in Africa and Arabia. The nearest relatives to hyraxes are the elephants and other subungulates. [Family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea: three genera and several species. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek hurax ‘shrewmouse. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hyrax
hyrax |ˈhʌɪraks | ▶noun a small herbivorous mammal with a compact body and a very short tail, found in arid country in Africa and Arabia. The nearest relatives to hyraxes are the elephants and other subungulates. ●Family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea: three genera and several species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek hurax ‘shrew-mouse ’.
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