hyena

Significado (inglés)

1. 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.
2. A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

Sinónimos

hyaena

hyaena

wolf

🐺

spotted hyena

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/haɪˈiːnə/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English hiena, variant of hyene, from Old French hiene, from Medieval Latin hyēna, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). Displaced native Old English nihtgenġe (literally “night walker”).