'Daman' definitions:
Definition of 'Daman'
From: GCIDE
- Daman \Da"man\ (d[aum]"m[.a]n), n. (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 Cony, and Hyrax. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'daman'
From: GCIDE
- Cony \Co"ny\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
- 1. (Zool.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus cuniculus}). (b) The chief hare. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax Syriacus}, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A simpleton. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry Dinner (1599). [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus apua}); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]