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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hyrax /ˈhʌɪraks/

▶noun a small short-tailed herbivorous mammal, found in Africa and Arabia. [Family Procaviidae: several species.]

– origin C19: mod. L., from Gk hurax ‘shrew-mouse’.

'hyrax' also found in these Oxford entries:

coney - dassie - hyracotherium

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