hyaena
[hahy-ee-nuh]
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noun
hyena
or hy·ae·na
[hahy-ee-nuh]
noun
Origin of hyena
1350–1400; Middle English hiena < Medieval Latin hyēna, Latin hyaena < Greek hýaina, equivalent to hy- (stem of hŷs) hog + -aina feminine suffix; replacing Middle English hyane, hyene < Middle French hiene < Latin
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Examples from the Web for hyaena
Historical Examples of hyaena
He no longer laughed, he was terrible, he went and came; the fox was changed into a hyaena.
Notre-Dame de ParisVictor Hugo
The presence of the Cave Hyaena does not controvert that conclusion.
Prehistoric ManW. L. H. Duckworth
Well, we fancied that the cry of the hyaena was a recent invention of our own!
Parisians in the CountryHonore de Balzac
Temminck, its original describer, placed it in the genus Hyaena.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
It is only a hyaena, and the hungry fellow has scented a prey.
My Kalulu, Prince, King and SlaveHenry M. Stanley
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Word Origin for hyena
C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin hyaena, from Greek huaina, from hus hog
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