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hyracine

hyracine adjective: of or relating to hyraxes.

Adjective

hyracine (comparative more hyracine, superlative most hyracine)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to hyraxes.
    • The galeopithecus [sic] unites the bats, the lemurs, and the monkeys, in one natural alliance, as the hyrax unites the rodents and the pachyderms. The proper name for these alliances would be galeopithecine and hyracine […]1864, Hugh Doherty, Organic Philosophy; Or, Manʼs True Place in Nature. Vol. 1 - Epicosmology, page 117
    • From out of the early types of the hyracine ungulates—which then possessed the full normal number of teeth in Eutherian mammals; that is to say, three pairs of molars and four pairs of premolars, one pair of canines, and three pairs of incisor teeth in both jaws—developed the elephant order […]1910, Sir Harry Johnston, “The Rise of Man Above the Beast”, in Harmsworth Natural History: A Complete Survey of the Animal Kingdom, Volume 1, page 29

Forms of hyracine

comparativemore hyracine
superlativemost hyracine

Origin of hyracine

From hyrax + -ine.

Questions about hyracine

What does hyracine mean?
Hyracine means of or relating to hyraxes.
What part of speech is hyracine?
Hyracine is an adjective.

Words near hyracine in the dictionary

  1. hypæthric
  2. hyraces
  3. hyraceum
  4. hyracid
  5. hyracids
  6. hyracine
  7. hyracodont
  8. hyracodontid
  9. hyracodontids
  10. hyracoid
  11. hyracoidean

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