hyaena

[hahy-ee-nuh]

noun

1. hyena.

hyaena

/ haɪˈiːnə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of hyena

Other Word Forms

• hyaenic adjective

Example Sentences

While they're busy hunting legitimate developers down for their pound of flesh, they're letting these hyaenas strive on the savannah unopposed.

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Hyaenodonts were the top carnivores before hyaenas, cats, dogs and bears staged their global takeover.

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The hyaena thought awhile and then said, "My age is five hundred years old."

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Frank could hear, high over the loud hum of insect life, the distant yelp of the jackal, the gibber of the striped hyaena, and the unearthly yell of the jungle cat.

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In a few hours their task would be finished and only Karel Van Zyl’s bones would remain for the jackals and hyaenas.

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