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单词 hyrax
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Definition of hyrax in English:

hyrax

noun ˈhʌɪraksˈhaɪˌræks
  • 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.

    蹄兔

    Family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea: three genera and several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hyrax - elephant - sirenian core is well-accepted on morphological grounds.
    • Less certain are manatees, aardvarks, and hyraxes.
    • So do wombats, hyraxes, aye-ayes, and lagomorphs, to give a few examples chosen from modern mammals.
    • The hyrax remarked wryly, ‘Looks like somebody beat us to it, m'friend.‘
    • The so-called ‘dawn horse’, or Eohippus, was most likely not related to horses at all, but was very like a modern-day hyrax - that is, a rock badger or coney.
    • Tour archaeological sites in Jerusalem and Masada, hike through desert canyons to see hyrax and ibex.
    • Some of these dassies, these hyraxes, went into the rocks, but this one actually climbs into the treetops.
    • From the molecular viewpoint, however, the phylogenetic relationship among elephants, sirenians, and hyraxes remains confused.
    • Nick responded to my post about Badger's God with a link to a nice picture of the hyrax or rock badger that appears in the Bible.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek hurax 'shrew-mouse'.

Definition of hyrax in US English:

hyrax

nounˈhīˌraksˈhaɪˌræks
  • 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.

    蹄兔

    Family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea: three genera and several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tour archaeological sites in Jerusalem and Masada, hike through desert canyons to see hyrax and ibex.
    • Nick responded to my post about Badger's God with a link to a nice picture of the hyrax or rock badger that appears in the Bible.
    • Some of these dassies, these hyraxes, went into the rocks, but this one actually climbs into the treetops.
    • Less certain are manatees, aardvarks, and hyraxes.
    • The so-called ‘dawn horse’, or Eohippus, was most likely not related to horses at all, but was very like a modern-day hyrax - that is, a rock badger or coney.
    • From the molecular viewpoint, however, the phylogenetic relationship among elephants, sirenians, and hyraxes remains confused.
    • The hyrax - elephant - sirenian core is well-accepted on morphological grounds.
    • The hyrax remarked wryly, ‘Looks like somebody beat us to it, m'friend.‘
    • So do wombats, hyraxes, aye-ayes, and lagomorphs, to give a few examples chosen from modern mammals.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek hurax ‘shrew-mouse’.

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