dabuhn.
The Arab name of the striped hyena, retained by some early naturalists.
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1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 342 Of the Beast called Dabuh..It..will rake the carkeises of men out of their graves, and will devour them.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 439 The second kind of hyæna called Papio or Dabuh.
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