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Definition of Hyaena hyaena
1. Noun. Of northern Africa and Arabia and India.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyaena Hyaena
Literary usage of Hyaena hyaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The Spotted Hyaena (Hyaena-crocuta), has its habitat in South Africa. ... II "*i
The Brown Hyaena (Hyaena-brunnea) is also found in the south of Africa, ..."
2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"STRIPED HYAENA Another predator, occurring in Arabia, that has a liking for
carrion is the striped hyaena (Hyaena hyaena). As with the wolf, there have been ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"... ani the strength of his jaws is such that he can crunch the thigh-bone of an
ox (Livingstone's Trt p. 600). The striped hyaena (Hyaena ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"There is neither hallux nor pollex. The Hyaenas, stigmatised by Sir Samuel Baker
as " low- . FIG. 205.—Striped Hyaena. Hyaena ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The brown hyaena (Hyaena rufa) is also a native of South Africa. Although hyaenas
are now confined to the warmer regions of the Old World, their fossil ..."
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