单词 | hyaena |
释义 | hyaena (once / 21220 pages) n WORD FAMILY hyaena: hyaenas USAGE EXAMPLESThe hyaena is harmless, and so only a subject for derision. Stigand, C. H., Black Tales for White Children(2012) “It’s not leopard, it’s not hyaena; what on earth is it, Cupido?” Bryden, H.A., From Veldt Camp Fires(2011) There was a deep, death-like stillness over all the place, broken only now and then by the eldritch laugh of some prowling hyaena. Stables, Gordon, Harry Milvaine—The Wanderings of a...(2011) n doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion Syn|Hypo|Hyper hyena Hyaena hyaena, striped hyena of northern Africa and Arabia and India Hyaena brunnea, brown hyena, strand wolfof southern Africa Crocuta crocuta, laughing hyena, spotted hyenaAfrican hyena noted for its distinctive howl Proteles cristata, aardwolfstriped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects canid, canine any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
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