hyaena
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The affair was a chase of a hyaena, but everything is Mazitu!
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace
A hyaena had carried it into the grass and dropped it.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
A hyaena or jackal has started laughing outside—phew!—what an eerie laugh—mad as can be—what horrid humour!
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
We were most particular in our approach to the spot, and threw several stones in advance, but saw nothing until we came right on the body of a hyaena lying dead.
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
He lay there on a mattress, with his heavy handcuffs, and his legs chained to staples in the deck, like a fierce hyaena, glaring on all who looked at him.
From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de
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