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ROCK HYRAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rock hyrax mean?
• ROCK HYRAX (noun)
The noun ROCK HYRAX has 1 sense:
1. hyrax that lives in rocky areas
Familiarity information: ROCK HYRAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hyrax that lives in rocky areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Procavia capensis; rock hyrax; rock rabbit
Hypernyms ("rock hyrax" is a kind of...):
coney; cony; das; dassie; hyrax (any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes)
Holonyms ("rock hyrax" is a member of...):
genus Procavia; Procavia (type genus of the Procaviidae)
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