ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkȯidēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hyrac-, Hyrax + -oidea
: an order of Old World ungulate mammals that is now restricted to Africa and southwestern Asia and that comprises various extinct animals and the surviving hyraxes which find their nearest living relatives in the elephants and sirenians but in many respects resemble rabbits