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US
/haɪˈinə/
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[ UK /haɪˈiːnɐ/ ]
[ UK /haɪˈiːnɐ/ ]
NOUN
- doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
How To Use hyena In A Sentence
- The hyena exploits carcasses more fully than either cat because of its bone-cracking abilities.
- Waldi warns us not to set up our beds outside the camp tonight as hyenas and jackals prowl this area.
- Crystalline hyenas ran rampant through the bailey and feasted on the fallen. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
- They were surrounded by hyenas, crocodiles and hippos and while in the swamps they went barefoot so they would feel a potentially deadly crocodile beneath their feet. The Sun
- Although there is a little train which can take you around, we found the dusk walks more interesting, with only a ditch (which disappeared in the dark) to separate us from the animals which were just metres away ... such as cheetahs, giraffes, hippos, rhinos, tapirs, hyenas, etc. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- Other animal species to look out for include impala, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, zebra, nyala, kudu, bushbuck, warthog, cheetah, hyena, jackal and giraffe.
- A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn? Bob Hope
- Leopards, hyenas, jackals, sloth bears, cobras, pythons, mongooses and monitor lizards move silently through its forests.
- Springbok shelter beneath trees and a lone hyena scurries across the open plain.
- I figure this pack of yapping hyenas will just keep prattling about the insignificant and the inconsequential, which is fine. Blagojevich and Obama: Takes From the Right - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com