Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Daman Da′man (dä′mȧn), n. (Zoöl.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; — called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax. ‹ Damageable Damar ›