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hyena
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)
- 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.
- 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,
- (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
- 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)
- hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae
Derived terms
- bruine hyena
- gestreepte hyena
- gevlekte hyena
- hyenahond
Italian
Noun
hyena f (plural hyene)
- Obsolete spelling of iena
Swedish
Noun
hyena c
- a hyena
Declension
See also
- hund
- hynda
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hyaena
English
Noun
hyaena (plural hyaenas or hyaenae)
- Alternative spelling of hyena
Latin
Alternative forms
- yaena
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (húaina).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hy?ae?.na/, [hy?äe?nä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i?e.na/, [i???n?]
Noun
hyaena f (genitive hyaenae); first declension
- a hyena
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
- belbus
References
- hyaena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hyaena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hyaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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