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BROWN HYENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brown hyena mean?
• BROWN HYENA (noun)
The noun BROWN HYENA has 1 sense:
1. of southern Africa
Familiarity information: BROWN HYENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of southern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
brown hyena; Hyaena brunnea; strand wolf
Hypernyms ("brown hyena" is a kind of...):
hyaena; hyena (doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion)
Holonyms ("brown hyena" is a member of...):
genus Hyaena (type genus of the Hyaenidae)
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