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5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
originFrom 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”).
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