hīˈrakēəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hyrac-, Hyrax, genus of ungulates + -hyus (from Greek hy-, hys hog, swine) — more at sow (female hog)
: a genus (the type of the family Hyrachyidae) of primitive perissodactyl ungulates related to the rhinoceroses and common in the No. American Eocene