Definitions for hyenas

hyenas hy·e·na

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

Hyenas is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in hyenas (aehnsy).

Definitions for hyenas

noun

  1. 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 hyenas

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 hyenas

As he emerged the captain was on his back with all the ferocity of a hyena.

Then there were loud guffaws, and oaths, and cries like the cry of the hyena.

Beyond that, an Arab has got no more hospitality than a hyena.

The third is found at the point called the Plateau of hyena.

That night he slipped through the dark, like a hyena pup, to Ringwood.

One heard from the depths of the jungle the tittering of a hyena.

But, true to his nature, before doing so he decided to play the hyena.

The matter is referred to the hyena, who says to the Man: "If you were bitten, what would it matter?"

Look at the case of the "hyena," as he was called in his prime.

That hyena, I reflected, would want no more food at present.

Word Value for hyenas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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