how to pronounce hyrax

/ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/

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hyrax is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hyrax in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to South Africa for a hyrax hunt in the …”

meanings of hyrax

noun:

Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.

hyrax frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hyrax occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hyrax can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hyrax can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;