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Meanings of hyenas 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
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.
Usage of hyenas in English
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.
6
Other less well known predators include hyenas, baboons, and birds of prey.
7
I could hear, not so far away, a pack of hyenas yowling.
8
He has no grave, and yet your hyenas are barking, and barking.
9
If I let the hyenas at him, they won't bother me anymore.
10
Still, hyenas would never be appealing creatures, she thought, watching them feed.
11
They had all gone to sleep without being disturbed by the hyenas.
12
There were other animals to be dreaded still more than the hyenas.
13
You can't just leave him for the long-fangs and hyenas! she cried.
14
It put the front-page photograph of the laughing hyenas in proper context.
15
They had never beheld a troop of hyenas so numerous and fierce.
16
And hyenas have to deal with giving birth through their six-inch-long clitorises.
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Hyenas across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common