Usually means: Carnivorous mammal, scavenger, distinctive laugh.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word hyaena:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hyaena, hyaena: Merriam-Webster
  2. Hyaena: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hyaena: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hyaena: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hyaena: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hyaena, hyaena: Wordnik
  7. hyaena: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hyaena: Wiktionary
  9. hyaena: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hyaena: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hyaena: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hyaena, hyaena: Dictionary.com
  13. Hyaena: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Hyaena: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. hyaena: Rhymezone
  16. Hyaena: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hyaena: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hyaena: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hyaena: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. hyaena: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

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  1. hyaena: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. hyaena: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hyaena: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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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.]

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