HYÆNA
\ha͡ɪˈɑːnə], \haɪˈɑːnə], \h_aɪ__ˈɑː_n_ə]\
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HYENA, h[=i]-[=e]'na, n. a bristly-maned quadruped of the dog kind, so named from its likeness to the sow.--LAUGHING HYÆNA, the tiger-wolf or spotted hyæna of South Africa, emitting at times a sound somewhat like hysterical laughter. [L.,--Gr. hyaina--hys, a sow.]
By Thomas Davidson
