hyena : Idioms & Phrases

• noun of southern Africa
  strand wolf; Hyaena brunnea.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena.

Webster 1913

• noun a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area
  Lycaon pictus; Cape hunting dog; African hunting dog.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a South African canine animal (Lycaon venaticus), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown, blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.

Webster 1913

• noun African hyena noted for its distinctive howl
  laughing hyena; Crocuta crocuta.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.

Webster 1913

• noun African hyena noted for its distinctive howl
  laughing hyena; Crocuta crocuta.
  

WordNet

• noun of northern Africa and Arabia and India
  Hyaena hyaena.
  

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