striped hyena
a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
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How to use striped hyena in a sentence
This species, though smaller than the striped hyena, is of a fiercer nature and more dangerous.
The Vee-Boers | Mayne ReidIt was a striped hyena; they could see the hair bristle on its back as it passed them with a whining growl.
The Ghost Kings | H. Rider HaggardThis as much as anything else caused it to resemble the hyena—that is, the species known as the “striped hyena,” (Hyena striata).
The Young Yagers | Mayne ReidThe striped hyena, although the best known, is in my opinion the least interesting of his kind.
The Bush Boys | Captain Mayne ReidThis is also a striped hyena, and nearly all naturalists have set him down as of the same species with the Hyena vulgaris.
The Bush Boys | Captain Mayne Reid
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