hyena

hy·e·na also hy·ae·na (h

)

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.

[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.]

hyena, hyaena [haɪˈiːnə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several long-legged carnivorous doglike mammals of the genera Hyaena and Crocuta, such as C. crocuta (spotted or laughing hyena), of Africa and S Asia: family Hyaenidae, order Carnivora (carnivores) See also strandwolf

[from Medieval Latin, from Latin hyaena, from Greek huaina, from hus hog]

hyenic , hyaenic adj

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Noun

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 f
to laugh like a hyena → reírse como una hiena

hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → hyène f

hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → iena

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

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aardwolf
African hunting dog
brown hyena
Cape hunting dog
carnivore
Cave hyena
Crocuta
Crocuta crocuta
genus Crocuta
genus Hyaena
hyaena
Hyaena brunnea
Hyaena hyaena
Hyaenidae
hyena dog
laughing hyena
Lycaon pictus
Proteles
Proteles cristata

As was our custom, I went armed with both rifle and revolver; but I stripped and had my swim without further disturbance than the approach of a large hyena, a number of which occupied caves in the sand-stone cliffs north of the camp.

The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

When he had withdrawn the shaft from the hyena Tarzan shouldered both carcasses and continued on toward the gulch.

Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

But when he saw the Recorder take the hand of the condemned, and raise him, whilst drawing forth the parchment from his pocket, -- when he heard the pardon of the Stadtholder publicly read out, -- then Boxtel was no more like a human being; the rage and malice of the tiger, of the hyena, and of the serpent glistened in his eyes, and vented itself in his yell and his movements.

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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