haunk-haunkn.
/hɔːŋkhɔːŋk/ The cry of a hyena. Cf. hau-hau v.
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1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 208 Another sound that made his heart beat very fast—the ‘haunk~haunk’ of a hyena.
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