hyaena
Americannoun
noun
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He has the cowardice and the ferocity of the hyaena.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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)
Goethe cared little for him; Voltaire laughed at him; Nietzsche called him "an hyaena poetizing among the tombs."
From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper
Then came the fearful war-whoop again, with that terrible iteration at its end “Who—ah—ah—ah—ah—oop!” like the howl of a laughing hyaena.
From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
There was a deep, death-like stillness over all the place, broken only now and then by the eldritch laugh of some prowling hyaena.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
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