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Definition of: hyena
(hī·ē′nə) noun
A catlike carnivorous mammal of Africa and Asia (family Hyaenidae) with very strong, large teeth, striped or spotted body, and skulking habits, as the African laughing hyena (Hyaena brunnea) and the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta): also spelled hyaena. [<L hyaena <Gk. hyaina <hys pig]
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