Usually means: Scavenging mammals with powerful jaws.
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  4. hyaenas: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hyaena)

noun:  Alternative spelling of hyena [Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.]
▸ Also see hyaena


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