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Daman  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.





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"Daman" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Sindh of Dera Ghazi Khan, but is much narrower and is not served by inundation canals, except in the extreme north, where the Paharpur Canal has recently been dug. It depends on floods and wells. The Daman or "Skirt" of the hills is like the Pachadh of Dera Ghazi Khan a broad expanse of strong clayey loam or pat seamed by torrents and cultivated by means of dams and embanked fields. The climate is intensely hot in summer, and the average rainfall only amounts to ten inches. ...
— The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir • Sir James McCrone Douie


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