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Definition of Spotted hyena
1. Noun. African hyena noted for its distinctive howl.
Generic synonyms: Hyaena, Hyena
Group relationships: Crocuta, Genus Crocuta
Definition of Spotted hyena
1. Noun. The spotted hyena (''Crocuta crocuta''), largest of the hyena species. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Spotted hyena
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1. On Safari: Big Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird Live by Abel Chapman (1908)
"Besides these were wart-hogs, ostriches and spotted hyena. great kori bustards,
while crowned cranes in threes and fours stalked sedately through the throng ..."
2. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"... striata) and the spotted hyena ... The spotted hyena is to be met with in
Barbary, and is also found in ..."
3. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1824)
"... to the source of the spotted hyena. (From Lichtenstein's Travels in Southern
Africa, Vol. II.) The spotted hyena ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"2,—The spotted hyena (Hyaena Croatia). goats, and more often dogs, ... A very
different animal is the spotted hyena, Hyaena (Crocuta) crocuta, which has the ..."
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