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Definition of Hyracoidea in English: Hyracoideaplural nounˌhʌɪrəˈkɔɪdɪəˌhīrəˈkoidēə Zoology A small order of mammals that comprises the hyraxes. Example sentencesExamples - One or both segments were obtained from species belonging to primates, Cetartiodactyla, Carnivora, and Hyracoidea, but not from mouse or hamster.
- We now think that their real affinities lie with the Sirenia, Hyracoidea, and Proboscidea.
- The orders Hyracoidea, Macroscelides, Sirenia, Proboscidea, and Tubulidentata were grouped into a single clade called Afrotheria.
Derivatives adjective & noun Zoology It seems likely that the common ancestor of all three modern families was some kind of amphibious hyracoid. Example sentencesExamples - It is so different from all other animals, that scientists have placed it in an order, or group, all by itself, hyracoids.
- Some other hyracoid species also showed a similar adaptation, but the skeletal trait was most pronounced in Thyrohyrax, he added.
- She is currently working on new hyracoid material from the ~ 37 million-year-old locality BQ - 2.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), based on Greek hurax, hurak- (see hyrax). Definition of Hyracoidea in US English: Hyracoideaplural nounˌhīrəˈkoidēə Zoology A small order of mammals that comprises the hyraxes. Example sentencesExamples - The orders Hyracoidea, Macroscelides, Sirenia, Proboscidea, and Tubulidentata were grouped into a single clade called Afrotheria.
- We now think that their real affinities lie with the Sirenia, Hyracoidea, and Proboscidea.
- One or both segments were obtained from species belonging to primates, Cetartiodactyla, Carnivora, and Hyracoidea, but not from mouse or hamster.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), based on Greek hurax, hurak- (see hyrax). |