Definitions for hyaenas

hyaenas hy·ae·na

Spelling: [hahy-ee-nuh]
IPA: /haɪˈi nə/

Hyaenas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in hyaenas (aaehnsy).

Definitions for hyaenas

noun

  1. hyena.
  2. a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.

Origin of hyaenas

1350-1400; Middle English hiena Medieval Latin hyēna, Latin hyaena Greek hýaina, equivalent to hy- (stem of hŷs) hog + -aina feminine suffix; replacing Middle English hyane, hyene Middle Fren

Examples for hyaenas

So the lion turned to the hyaena and said, "You must then speak first."

Well, we fancied that the cry of the hyaena was a recent invention of our own!

So the hyaena let go and said to him, "I will follow you and see; but if you have deceived me I will kill you."

Temminck, its original describer, placed it in the genus hyaena.

He no longer laughed, he was terrible, he went and came; the fox was changed into a hyaena.

It is only a hyaena, and the hungry fellow has scented a prey.

The hyaena saw that moonshine there in the water and he thought it was a bone.

The presence of the Cave hyaena does not controvert that conclusion.

The hyaena dared not disobey, and in a few minutes was scalded to death.

Then was the hyaena very angry, and rushed after the hare and caught him.

Word Value for hyaenas
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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