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- Practice the English pronunciation of hyena with real speech in context.
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hyena,
- Definition summary
- Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
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How to pronounce hyena
How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places
hyena,
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A Deep Dive Into “hyena”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
- (Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.
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