Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of Feræ fissipedia, belonging to the series Æluroidea hyæniformia; the hyenas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of canids comprising the hyenas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Feliformia — thehyenas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hyenas
Etymologies
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Examples
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Distribution of the Striped Hyaena (Hyaena hyaena syriaca Matius, 1882) (Carnivora: Hyaenidae) in urban and rural areas of Lebanon.
Archive 2008-04-01 AYDIN 2008
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Distribution of the Striped Hyaena (Hyaena hyaena syriaca Matius, 1882) (Carnivora: Hyaenidae) in urban and rural areas of Lebanon.
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I laugh the laughter of the family Hyaenidae, of which there are four species, known for their laughter-like vocalizations.
"Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t in a 'Cone of Silence.'" Ann Althouse 2008
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(_Hyaenidae_); two families unknown in India, viz. the
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The family Hyaenidae is made up of two sub families, the protelinae and the hyaeninae.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The family Hyaenidae is made up of two sub families, the protelinae and the hyaeninae.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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