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Definition of Striped hyena
1. Noun. Of northern Africa and Arabia and India.
Definition of Striped hyena
1. Noun. Smallest of the true hyenas (''Hyaena hyaena''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Striped Hyena
Literary usage of Striped hyena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In size it resembles the striped hyena, but differs in appearance, owing to the
fringe of long hair covering the neck and forepart of the back. ..."
2. On Safari: Big Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird Live by Abel Chapman (1908)
"For, on striped hyena. coming up to my two prizes, I had concluded, quite erroneously,
... striped hyena."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In size it resembles the striped hyena, but differs in appearance, ... I.—The
striped hyena (Hyaena, striata). it prefers by day the gloom of caves and ..."
4. New System of Physiognomony [sic], Or, The Art of Knowing Men by Their Eyes by Mariano Aguirre de Venero (1865)
"The carnivorous instincts of the striped hyena are such that, were we not aware
that its voracity is natural to the species, we would suppose it to be ..."
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