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hyena

[hahy-ee-nuh] / haɪˈi nə /


NOUN
scavenger
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After the vessel transporting his family from India to Canada sinks, Pi escapes to a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger—and his situation gets more complicated with each passing day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2025

This is a musical that treasures goofy imperfection, a scene where McInnerny does a funny little tap dance, or the joy in Shannon’s hyena cackle.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2024

While female-dominated hyena societies may not strike some as technically "queer," the same cannot be said of the countless male lions who spend most of their time in all-male groups called coalitions.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2024

“Can we go through, then?” said Malcolm, who could hear the hyena again, even closer.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

It follows four rival families of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs as they compete for dominance, with all the shifting alliances, betrayals and power struggles of a prestige drama.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

The couple also advertised other animals through social media including hyenas, desert lynxes and pumas.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

Other coprolites contained bones chewed up by predators that, like today's hyenas, crushed bones to obtain salts and marrow.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2024

Silencing myself, when I’ve so often fought to be heard against people like Missus Wilhelmina and Anise Fowler and her hyenas.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender




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