different between hyena vs carnivora

English

Alternative forms

• hyaena; hyæna (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English hiena, from Medieval Latin hy?na, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ????? (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgen?e (literally "night walker").

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?-??n?, IPA^(key): /ha??i?n?/

Noun

hyena (plural hyenas or hyena or hyenae)

1. Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
   • 2003, Anne Engh, Kay E. Holekamp, Case Study 5A: Maternal Rank "Inheritance" in the Spotted Hyena, Frans B. M. De Waal, Peter L Tyack (editors), Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies, page 149,

     Hyena biologists often think of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) as baboons with big teeth and relatively small brains.

2. (Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.
   • see Citations:hyena

Usage notes

The hyena family, Hyaenidae, also includes the smaller insectivorous aardwolf, the sole survivor of a lineage regarded as more dog-like.

Derived terms

• brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea)
• laughing hyena (= spotted hyena)
• spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
• striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)

Translations

See also

• aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)

Anagrams

• Haney, Hayne

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???j?na]

Noun

hyena f

1. hyena (large carnivore)

Declension

Related terms

• hyenismus
• hyení

Further reading

• hyena in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• hyena in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ????? (húaina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?je?na?/
• Hyphenation: hy?e?na

Noun

hyena f (plural hyena's, diminutive hyenaatje n)

1. hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae

Derived terms

• bruine hyena
• gestreepte hyena
• gevlekte hyena
• hyenahond

Italian

Noun

hyena f (plural hyene)

1. Obsolete spelling of iena

Swedish

Noun

hyena c

1. a hyena

Declension

See also

• hund
• hynda

Italian

Noun

carnivora f (plural carnivore)

1. female equivalent of carnivoro (“carnivore; man-eater”)

Adjective

carnivora f sg

1. feminine singular of carnivoro

Anagrams

• ancorarvi
• rincaravo
• rincorava

Latin

Adjective

carnivora

1. nominative feminine singular of carnivorus
2. nominative neuter plural of carnivorus
3. accusative neuter plural of carnivorus
4. vocative feminine singular of carnivorus
5. vocative neuter plural of carnivorus

Adjective

carnivor?

1. ablative feminine singular of carnivorus

References

• carnivora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)