hyena 音标拼音: [hɑɪ'inə]
n . 土狼,残酷的人,贪婪的人
土狼,残酷的人,贪婪的人
hyena n 1 :
doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [
synonym : {
hyena }, {
hyaena }]
Hyena \
Hy *
e "
na \,
n .;
pl . {
Hyenas }. [
L .
hyaena ,
Gr . ?,
orig .,
a sow ,
but usually ,
a Libyan wild beast ,
prob .,
the hyena ,
fr .
?
hog :
cf .
F .
hy [`
e ]
ne .
See {
Sow }
female hog .] (
Zool .)
Any carnivorous mammal of the family {
Hy [
ae ]
nid [
ae ]},
doglike nocturnal mammals of Africa and southern Asia ,
of which three living species are known .
They are large and strong ,
but cowardly .
They feed chiefly on carrion ,
and are nocturnal in their habits . [
Written also {
hy [
ae ]
na }.]
Syn :
hyaena .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The striped hyena ({
Hy [
ae ]
na striata })
inhabits Southern Asia and a large part of Africa .
The brown hyena ({
Hy [
ae ]
na brunnea }),
and the spotted hyena ({
Crocuta maculata }),
are found in Southern Africa .
The extinct cave hyena ({
Hy [
ae ]
na spel [
ae ]
a })
inhabited England and France .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Cave hyena }.
See under {
Cave }.
{
Hyena dog } (
Zool .),
a South African canine animal ({
Lycaon venaticus }),
which hunts in packs ,
chiefly at night .
It is smaller than the common wolf ,
with very large ,
erect ears ,
and a bushy tail .
Its color is reddish or yellowish brown ,
blotched with black and white .
Called also {
hunting dog }.
[
1913 Webster ]
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hyena ":
African hunting dog ,
Cape hunting dog ,
animal ,
anthropophagite ,
barbarian ,
beast ,
brush wolf ,
brute ,
cannibal ,
coyote ,
cur ,
destroyer ,
dingo ,
dog ,
fox ,
hound ,
insect ,
jackal ,
lobo ,
man -
eater ,
medicine wolf ,
mongrel ,
nihilist ,
pig ,
polecat ,
prairie wolf ,
reptile ,
reynard ,
savage ,
serpent ,
shark ,
skunk ,
snake ,
swine ,
tiger ,
timber wolf ,
vandal ,
varmint ,
vermin ,
viper ,
whelp ,
wild man ,
wolf ,
worm ,
wrecker
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