Associations to the word «Hyrax»

Wiktionary

HYRAX, noun. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals, of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors; they are native to Africa and the Middle East.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats