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hyraceum

/haɪˈɹeɪsiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hyraceum
IPA
/haɪˈɹeɪsiəm/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies.

Etymology

From New Latin hyraceum, from hyrax (stem form hyrac-) + -eus.

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

dassiepis

Questions

How do you pronounce hyraceum?
The recorded pronunciation is /haɪˈɹeɪsiəm/.
What does hyraceum mean?
The petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies.
Where does hyraceum come from?
From New Latin hyraceum, from hyrax (stem form hyrac-) + -eus.

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