The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὕραξ“shrewmouse”
- English todayhyrax
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hyrax
Today it means: Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὕραξ