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