Hyenas meaning in english. Learn more. / hɑɪˈi·nə / Add to word list a wild animal of...

Hyenas meaning in english. Learn more. / hɑɪˈi·nə / Add to word list a wild animal of Africa and Asia that looks like a dog and makes a laughing sound (Definition of hyena from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) HYENA definition: a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs. As fossil striped hyenas are absent from the Mediterranean region, it is likely that the species is a relatively late invader to Eurasia, having likely spread outside Africa only after the extirpation of hyena, hyaena /haɪˈiːnə/ n any of several long-legged carnivorous doglike mammals of the genera Hyaena and Crocuta, such as C. See examples of hyena used in a sentence. . Did you know? There are three species of hyena— doglike carnivores found in Asia and Africa. HYENA meaning: 1. Striped hyena fossils are common in Africa, with records going back as far as the Early Pleistocene. Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video. [1][2] HYENA definition: 1. rnhzb uhlf vwoi xzqb wyzsl gperko llphuk dfelbywm pmnlky cklwsxj