English Dictionary

hyena

/haɪˈiːnə/

noun

Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

The hyena scavenged for food in the African savannah.

意味（1）

Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

I took no systematic data on the costs to cheetahs and hyenas, but some anecdotes suggest that both parties took numerical advantage and hunger into account.

意味（2）

(Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

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