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rock hyrax

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
rock- hyrax
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A guinea pig-like, but larger, animal (Procavia capensis), native to much of Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.

Inflected Forms

rock hyraxes (plural) rock hyraces (plural)

Phrases

Cape rock hyrax

Synonyms

rock badger Cape hyrax dassie rock rabbit procavia capensis

Questions

What does rock hyrax mean?
A guinea pig-like, but larger, animal (Procavia capensis), native to much of Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.

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