hyena
/haɪˈiːnə/ noun B2- Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
- A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls. · see Citations:hyena
Plural hyenas
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Moreover, from being so long in twilight or darkness, his eyes had acquired the faculty of distinguishing objects in the night, common to the hyena and the wolf.
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