Associations to the word «Hyaena»

Wiktionary

HYAENA, noun. Alternative spelling of hyena
HYAENA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyaenidae   — two species of hyena.

Dictionary definition

HYAENA, noun. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats