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hy·e·na

also hy·ae·na  (hī-ē′nə)
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.
[Middle English hiene, hiena, from Old French hiene and Medieval Latin hiena, both from Latin hyaena, from Greek huaina : hūs, hu-, swine (in reference to the hyena's bristly mane like a hog's); see sū- in Indo-European roots + -aina, pejorative feminine n. suffix.]
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hyena

(haɪˈiːnə) or

hyaena

n
(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
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin hyaena, from Greek huaina, from hus hog]
hyˈenic, hyˈaenic adj
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hy•e•na

(haɪˈi nə)

n., pl. -nas.
a large carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa and S Asia, having a sloping back and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
[1350–1400; Middle English hyane, hyene < Middle French hiene < Latin hyaena < Greek hýaina=hy-, s. of hŷs hog + -aina feminine n. suffix]
hy•e′nic, hy•e′nine (-naɪn, -nɪn) adj.
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hy·e·na

(hī-ē′nə)
Any of several meat-eating, dog-like mammals of Africa and Asia that feed mainly in groups as scavengers. Hyenas have very powerful jaws, a thick neck, and relatively short hind limbs.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hyena - doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrionhyena - 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
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Translations
хиена
hyena
hyæne
hieno
hüään
کفتار
hyeena
hiéna
híena
hiena
hiēna
hyena
hijena
hyena

hyena

[haɪˈiːnə] N → hiena f
to laugh like a hyena → reírse como una hiena
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hyena

[haɪˈiːnə] n → hyène f
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hyena

[haɪˈiːnə] n → iena
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hyena,

hyaena

(haiˈiːnə) noun
a dog-like animal with a howl which sounds like human laughter.
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"Highly humorous" to the tracker M'Cola was the "hyena, obscenely loping, full belly dragging," and the "pinnacle of hyenic humor" was the hyena who when "hit too far back while running, would circle madly, snapping and tearing at himself until he pulled his own intestines out, and then stood there, jerking them out and eating them with relish" (37-8).
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