hyrax
/ˈhaɪəræks/noun
1- 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。
1.1
- Family Procaviidae and order Hyracoidea: three genera and several species.蹄兔科, 蹄兔目, 3属, 数种。
词源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek hurax 'shrew-mouse'.