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hyenas

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noun

Say it like: Een-as

The correct spelling is hyenas. Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughte…

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  1. 1.Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
  2. 2.(Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

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