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Webster 1913 Edition

Daman

Da′man

(dä′mȧn)

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

A small herbivorous mammal of the genus

Hyrax

. The species found in Palestine and Syria is

Hyrax Syriacus

; that of Northern Africa is

Hyrax Brucei

; – called also

ashkoko

,

dassy

, and

rock rabbit

. See

, and

.