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n. - Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.

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  • CORWIN: And actually, the hyrax, which is so amazing, is a relative of elephants.
  • JEDDAH: There is a little known furry critter known as the hyrax that scurries about on rocks in Saudi Arabia.
  • The mighty elephant and Eeek, the teeny, weeny hyrax!
  • COOPER: You also have another animal, called a tree hyrax.
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