Definition of Laughing hyena

1. Noun. African hyena noted for its distinctive howl.

Exact synonyms: Crocuta Crocuta, Spotted Hyena
Generic synonyms: Hyaena, Hyena
Group relationships: Crocuta, Genus Crocuta

Definition of Laughing hyena

1. Noun. (informal) The spotted hyena (''Crocuta crocuta''); so called because of the resemblance of its call to laughter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laughing Hyena

laughing dove
laughing doves
laughing falcon
laughing falcons
laughing gas
laughing gear
laughing geese
laughing goose
laughing gull
laughing gulls
laughing heir
laughing heir statute
laughing heir statutes
laughing heirs
laughing hyaena
laughing hyena
laughing hyenas
laughing kookaburra
laughing out of court
laughing owl
laughing owls
laughing sickness
laughing stock
laughingly
laughings
laughingstock
laughingstocks
laughless

Literary usage of Laughing hyena

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

1. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"No, James, not the laughing hyena, for he adds, " taking docilely upon ... Still, whether a laughing hyena, a zebra, a quagga, a star, or a watch- Shepherd. ..."

2. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"speaks of the spectacle of a man of genius " tamed and domesticated in society," he must have been thinking North. No, James, not the laughing hyena ..."

3. The Daughter of the Storage: And Other Things in Prose and Verse by William Dean Howells (1916)
"Fountain: "No, but you called me a laughing hyena, and said I scoffed at ... But I take back the laughing hyena." Fountain: "And I take back the serpent. ..."

4. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1872)
"But the laughing Hyena gave you five pounds at tho end of the sale.' ' The laughing Hyena, Mr. Jones?' ' Oh ! beg pardon : that is what we call him in the ..."

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