Crossword-Solution: HYRAX
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Hyrax | n. | Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “HYRAX”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| AFRICAN rock-badger | 1 answer |
| ELEPHANT relative | 1 answer |
| Elephant's tiny kin | 1 answer |
| Rabbit-sized mammal also called a cony | 1 answer |
| Rock rabbit or cony. | 1 answer |
| Rodent-sized kin of an elephant | 1 answer |
| SYRIAN rock-rabbit | 1 answer |
| type of hoofed rodent-like animal of Africa and Asia | 1 answer |
| daman | 2 answers |
| Rabbit-like mammal | 2 answers |
| Rock rabbit | 3 answers |
| cony | 6 answers |
| AFRICAN rodent | 8 answers |
| coney | 17 answers |
| Rabbit | 25 answers |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "HYRAX"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Dermatological complaint
?
E
?
C
?
Z
?
E
?
M
?
A
Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EEMAZC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
13 +2
New Suggestion for "HYRAX"
Related word tools
Sentences with HYRAX (5)
Manning appeared just at the end of the afternoon’s work, and the biologist was going through some perplexities the Scotchman had created by a metaphysical treatment of the skulls of Hyrax and a young African elephant.
The headman, Kambira, apologized for not having a present ready, and afterwards brought us some meal, a roasted coney (_Hyrax capensis_), and a pot of beer; he wished to be thought poor.
Descending, I found porcupines' quills in abundance [36], and shot a rock pigeon called Elal- jog--the "Dweller at wells." At the foot a "Baune" or Hyrax Abyssinicus, resembling the Coney of Palestine [37], was observed at its favourite pastime of sunning itself upon the rocks.
Sweet voices, haven't they? Some of these people must be wearing hyrax robes." And indeed she remembered seeing some of the soft, beautiful karosses.
Such is the hippopotamus, and such is the hyrax, the remarkable rock-haunting animal, which in the authorised translation of the Scriptures is called the "coney," and which in the Revised Version is allowed in the margin to retain its Hebrew name, "shaphan." The enamel also has an important part to play in the structure of the molar teeth.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, NYT, Universal.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1958–2016).