hyrax

名词 hyrax:

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

hy.rax

n.（名词）
【复数】 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：非洲和相邻亚洲部分的蹄兔目的蹄兔科的几种食草哺乳动物的任何一种，类似土拨鼠或相似的啮齿动物，但是更与有蹄的哺乳动物接近也作 coneydassie

来源：
Greek hurax [shrew mouse]
希腊语 hurax [尖鼠，鼯鼹]