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Meanings of hyena in inglés

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hienídeo
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Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.

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Usage of hyena in inglés
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It's the birth of a spotted hyena, however, that is particularly bizarre.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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The hyena and the vulture are the scavengers of the tropical regions.
The Mission
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The hyena smelt the carrion and licked herself, wearied by the delay.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
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The hyena took form with his leather vest and grungy long hair.
Deadly Décisions
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All looked to see the hyena free itself and run off again.
The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
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According to my mind the only good hyena is a dead hyena.
Chums of the Camp Fire
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Now, I've never heard a rabid hyena shriek from rectal acid burns.
Year Zero
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They never got hold of one, for the hyena is a coward.
African Camp Fires
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A brute of a hyena has killed a ram and two lambs.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3
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There is no consummation merely for the butcher, nor for a hyena.
Twilight in Italy
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Compare that to an 800 per square inch bite by a hyena.
The South African
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A warthog or a hyena made a grunting sound in the distance.
The clouds beneath the sun
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Beyond that, an Arab has got no more hospitality than a hyena.
The Boy Slaves
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The hyena's eating habits, too, have been the source of misplaced revulsion.
Wired
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The female spotted hyena urinates, copulates and gives birth through her clitoris.
BBC
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Least of all the biggest and baddest of them all-thespotted hyena.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
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