名詞 hyrax:

1. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
   同義詞：coney, cony, dassie, das

hy.rax

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 hy.rax.es 或 hy.ra.ces [-r…-sôz.]
Any of several herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae within the order Hyraoidea of Africa and adjacent Asia, resembling woodchucks or similar rodents but more closely related to the hoofed mammals.Also called coney dassie
非洲蹄兔：非洲和相鄰亞洲部分的蹄兔目的蹄兔科的幾種食草哺乳動(dòng)物的任何一種，類(lèi)似土撥鼠或相似的嚙齒動(dòng)物，但是更與有蹄的哺乳動(dòng)物接近也作 coneydassie

來(lái)源：
Greek hurax [shrew mouse]
希臘語(yǔ) hurax [尖鼠，鼯鼴]