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striped hyena
noun
- a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
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This species, though smaller than the striped hyena, is of a fiercer nature and more dangerous.
It was a striped hyena; they could see the hair bristle on its back as it passed them with a whining growl.
This as much as anything else caused it to resemble the hyena—that is, the species known as the “striped hyena,” (Hyena striata).
The striped hyena, although the best known, is in my opinion the least interesting of his kind.
This is also a striped hyena, and nearly all naturalists have set him down as of the same species with the Hyena vulgaris.
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