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
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
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)
To which the spectators replied, “The blessing of God be upon thee!—Thou art a hyaena: thou art a lion.”
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The bones of Pleistocene mammals, the rhinoceros, mammoth, bison, hyaena, &c., have been found at numerous places, often in caves and fissures in the limestones, e.g. at Castleton, Wirksworth and Creswell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
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