hyaena

American  

[hahy-ee-nuh] / haɪˈi nə /

noun

1. hyena.

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hyaena British  

/ haɪˈiːnə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of hyena

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Other Word Forms

• hyaenic adjective

Example Sentences

The lion then said to the hare, "You have heard the hyaena, now you must speak."

From Black Tales for White Children by Stigand, C. H.

Frank could hear, high over the loud hum of insect life, the distant yelp of the jackal, the gibber of the striped hyaena, and the unearthly yell of the jungle cat.

From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon

The large striped hyaena is called “wolf” in South Afrioa, just as the panther is always referred to as “tiger.”

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

Goethe cared little for him; Voltaire laughed at him; Nietzsche called him "an hyaena poetizing among the tombs."

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper

Then came the fearful war-whoop again, with that terrible iteration at its end “Who—ah—ah—ah—ah—oop!” like the howl of a laughing hyaena.

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)