Crossword clues for hyaena
The Collaborative International Dictionary
hyaena \hyaena\, hyaena \hy*[ae]"na\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Hyena.
Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. Hyenas. [L. hyaena, Gr. ?, orig., a sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr. ? hog: cf. F. hy[`e]ne. See Sow female hog.] (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hy[ae]nid[ae], doglike nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hy[ae]na.]
Syn: hyaen
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Note: The striped hyena ( Hy[ae]na striata) inhabits Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown hyena ( Hy[ae]na brunnea), and the spotted hyena ( Crocuta maculata), are found in Southern Africa. The extinct cave hyena ( Hy[ae]na spel[ae]a) inhabited England and France.
Cave hyena. See under Cave.
Hyena dog (Zo["o]l.), a South African canine animal ( Lycaon venaticus), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown, blotched with black and white. Called also hunting dog.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of hyena English)
WordNet
n. doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [syn: hyena]
Wikipedia
Hyaena is a genus comprising two of the living species of hyenas: the striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) from western Asia and northern Africa and the brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) from southern Africa. The brown hyena has sometimes been placed in a separate genus Parahyaena, or even included in the otherwise fossil genus Pachycrocuta, but recent sources have tended to place it in Hyaena. The brown hyena's skull is larger than that of the striped hyena. The male brown hyena is slightly larger than the female, while the sexes of the striped hyena are equally sized . Both species are smaller than the spotted hyena, but larger than the aardwolf. They are predominantly scavengers.
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Category:Hyenas Category:Mammal genera Category:Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Hyæna is the sixth studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1984. The opening track, " Dazzle", featured strings played by a 27 piece-orchestra called the "Chandos Players"; it was scored from a tune that Siouxsie Sioux composed on piano. Hyæna is the only studio album that guitarist Robert Smith of The Cure composed and recorded with Siouxsie and the Banshees.
In the United States, Hyæna was the first Banshees album to be released on a major label – Geffen Records. Prior to the release of the album, " Dear Prudence" became the band's biggest hit in the UK, reaching No. 3 in September of the previous year. The song was intended to be a stand-alone single in Europe, and as it was not issued as a single in North America, it was added to the track listing of the American version of Hyæna.
Hyæna was reissued, remastered and expanded in 2009.
Usage examples of "hyaena".
Now, as light stayed longer every day, the bears and hyaenas and bony hippos, the lonely alopex and the apes, lay stilltensely, it seemedfor hours, watching the passers-by from their scrubbed-brick cells and their muddy trenches.
But from somewhere back in the bush, drums rumbled sullenly through all the hours of darkness, a satanic-sounding accompaniment to the lunatic cackles of hyaenas, the hissings and bellowings of crocodiles, the low coughing of leopards, and the hundred and one other noises made by other feasters on the cleared land outside the walls.
Sir Richard said so, and he has been in countries where hyaenas live, so he ought to know.
By nightfall they had seen thousands of antelope and tens of thousands of birds, but no sign of elephant, and they camped out in a grove of thorn trees while Tumo and Karenja took turns standing guard, surrounded by the night sounds of the veldt: the high-pitched giggling of hyaenas, the coughing of a lion on the prowl, the frightened bark of a zebra.
Shundi, and the birds will eat my eyes, and the ants will eat my flesh, and the hyaenas will devour my bones.
Nile to the Red Sea, three were killed by the Ethiopians, and the last, the star of my hopes, by this time is eaten by the hyaenas of the north.
This fellow charged Nobs, whose Capronian experiences had taught him that discretion is the better part of valor--with the result that he dived head foremost into the stream beside me after giving vent to a series of ferocious growls which had no more effect upon Hyaena spelaeus than might a sweet smile upon an enraged tusker.