hyena

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

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hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → hyène f

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hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → Hyäne f

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hyena [haɪˈiːnə] n → iena