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Meanings of hyaena in English
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Examples for "hyena"
Examples for "hyena"
1
It's the birth of a spotted hyena, however, that is particularly bizarre.
2
The hyena and the vulture are the scavengers of the tropical regions.
3
The hyena smelt the carrion and licked herself, wearied by the delay.
4
The hyena took form with his leather vest and grungy long hair.
5
All looked to see the hyena free itself and run off again.
1
The hyenas can have it as far as I'm concerned, Ayla said.
2
The Homo erectus heads, however, presented the hyenas with a unique problem.
3
He saw the lattice giving to the frantic clawing of the hyenas.
4
They are no longer men; they become hyenas, they dig open graves.
5
It is equally well-known that the hyenas devour the bodies so exposed.
Usage of hyaena in English
1
Here are the spotted hyaena, with its young; and the striped hyaena.
2
The hyaena hailed our approach with unmistakable relief and demonstrations of friendliness.
3
The little hyaena gazed at him in surprise, saying to herself, 'What!
4
I saw, moving in the doubtful shadows of approaching night, the grave-digging hyaena!
5
He has the cowardice and the ferocity of the hyaena.
6
All that have stayed are the larger carnivora, like the hyaena or the lion.
7
Cutter knew them from pictures: the glucliche, hyaena hunching under bone and leather batwings.
8
Elsewhere and by nature the hyaena is an arrant coward.
9
I touched the trigger, and the hyaena fell dead, with the bullet through its head.
10
The hyaena may be equally certain that it has.
11
This the hyaena could not find stomach to face.
12
The leopard, hyaena, lynx, and beaver are comparatively rare.
13
A similarly connected movement between the hind-quarters and the tail may be observed in the hyaena.
14
Mr. Gordon Cumming supposes it to form the connecting link between the wolf and the hyaena.
15
Among carnivorous beasts there is not a more contemptible poltroon than the hyaena, even when wounded.
16
A hyaena's head stared at him, tongue lolling.
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