Definition of Hyaenidae

1. Noun. Hyenas.

Exact synonyms: Family Hyaenidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Carnivora, Order Carnivora
Member holonyms: Hyaena, Hyena, Genus Hyaena, Crocuta, Genus Crocuta, Genus Proteles, Proteles

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyaenidae

Huyghenian
Hwang Ho
Hx
Hyacinth
Hyacinthaceae
Hyacinthian
Hyacinthoides
Hyacinthoides nonscripta
Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus candicans
Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinthus orientalis albulus
Hyades
Hyaena brunnea
Hyaena hyaena
Hyaenidae
Hyalomma
Hyalomma anatolicum
Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum
Hyalomma marginatum
Hyalomma truncatum
Hyalomma variegatum
Hyalophora
Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalospongiae
Hyazyme
Hybanthus
Hyblaean
Hyblean

Literary usage of Hyaenidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"hyaenidae.—Unlike though the Hyaenas appear to be to the last ... There are admittedly two genera among the hyaenidae, Hyaena itself with three species,1 ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The hyenas or hyaenas (hyaenidae) differ from the preceding family (Viverridae) in the absence of a distinct vertical partition ..."

3. Contributions to the Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Eye by George Lindsay Johnson (1901)
"The fundus of the wild Canidae, like that of the Felidae, Viverridae, and hyaenidae, is divided into three zones—a peripheral zone of reddish or violet- ..."

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