Definition of Genus Hyaena

1. Noun. Type genus of the Hyaenidae.

Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae
Member holonyms: Hyaena Hyaena, Striped Hyena, Brown Hyena, Hyaena Brunnea, Strand Wolf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hyaena

genus Homona
genus Hordeum
genus Horneophyton
genus Hosta
genus Hottonia
genus Houttuynia
genus Hovea
genus Hoya
genus Hudsonia
genus Hugueninia
genus Hulsea
genus Humulus
genus Hunnemania
genus Hyacinthoides
genus Hyacinthus
genus Hyaena (current term)
genus Hyalophora
genus Hybanthus
genus Hydnocarpus
genus Hydnum
genus Hydra
genus Hydrangea
genus Hydrastis
genus Hydrilla
genus Hydrobates
genus Hydrocharis
genus Hydrochoerus
genus Hydrodamalis
genus Hydromantes

Literary usage of Genus Hyaena

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)
"The genus Hyaena itself goes back as far as to the Miocene, and occurred in Europe until the Pleistocene. The Cave Hyaena of this country seems to be ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1839)
"If H differed from the dog, it differed more from the fox and wolf; and he pro- )x>sed to refer it to the. genus hyaena, or, if this could not be admitted, ..."

3. Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools by Illinois Education Association (1865)
"... in a class by themselves;" and in making it a Canis the author places himself a century behind the nge, the genus Hyaena having been founded in 1756. 7. ..."

4. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1840)
"... which in character resemble those of no Canis, that we find different naturalists of eminence including them in the distinct genus Hyaena. ..."

5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"... de 1'hyene rayee ou bien si on doit la regarder comme une espece distinct/' Two species of the genus Hyaena inhabit the more southern parts of Africa, ..."

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