hyena (redirected from Hyaenas)

hy·e·na also hy·ae·na  (h-n)

n.

Any of several carnivorous mammals of the family Hyaenidae of Africa and Asia, which feed as scavengers and have powerful jaws, relatively short hind limbs, and coarse hair.

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[Middle English hiena, from Old French hiene, from Latin hyaena, from Greek huaina, feminine of hs, swine (from its bristly mane like a hog's); see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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hyena or hyaena

Noun

a meat-eating doglike mammal of Africa and S Asia [Greek hus hog]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hyena - doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion hyaena canid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles family Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae - hyenas Hyaena hyaena, striped hyena - of northern Africa and Arabia and India brown hyena, Hyaena brunnea, strand wolf - of southern Africa Crocuta crocuta, laughing hyena, spotted hyena - African hyena noted for its distinctive howl aardwolf, Proteles cristata - striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects

Translations

hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → hiena

hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → hyène f

hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → Hyäne f

hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → iena

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hyena

n hyena, hyaena [haiˈiːnə]

a dog-like animal with a howl which sounds like human laughter. hiëna ضَبِع хиена hyena hyæne die Hyäne ύαινα hiena hüään کفتار hyeena hyène צָבוֹע लकड़बग्घा hijena hiéna dubuk híena iena ハイエナ 하이에나 hiena hiēna dubuk hyena hyene hiena hiena hienă гиена hyena hijena hijena hyena หมาใน sırtlan 土狼,鬣狗 гієна لگڑبگا یا چرغ linh cẩu 土狼,鬣狗