laughing hyena
Britishnoun
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The laughing hyena heard near the folds last night.
From Six Months at the Cape by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The laughing hyena had to be carried into the Ark and put to bed for fear she would laugh herself to death.
From The Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory
In passing, the cachinnations of the laughing hyena are rather a series of high-voiced self-conscious titters than laughter.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
You can't make a household pet out of a laughing hyena.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
Their peculiarly weird moans came in chorus; and every once in a while arose the shrill, prolonged titter that has earned them the name of "laughing hyena."
From The Leopard Woman by Stewart Edward White
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