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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of hyenas (Hyænidæ) which shows, in the character of its teeth, a transition from the genus Palhyæna of the Lower Pliocene to the Euhyæna or living species of Hyæna. Its remains have been found in the Pliocene of Europe and India.
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