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hyena

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hyena.

Editorial note

And the simplicity is the best (HyperZZW), and Hyena is a failure.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hyena gathered in one view.

noun

(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hyena.

noun

(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

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.

Example sentences

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And the simplicity is the best (HyperZZW), and Hyena is a failure.

2

If you really want it, you could shoehorn generators and other db platforms into the hyena[1] package.

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Like many, GP decided that he leave hyena here and go elsewhere where it is people and not animal.

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They compare with the open sourced version and you'll also see some other architectures referenced there like Hyena and H3.

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Sort of like going to the elephant graveyard and being eaten by hyena pack.

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Sure, it's not your fault for walking around graveyard and getting eaten by hyena.

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A hyena cannot sue in civil court if a lion violates his right of owning chattel property by divesting him of a carcass!

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While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink!

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For instance, try comparing the next person you meet with a hyena.

10

Point being, the hyena comment is not terribly flattering in any dimension.

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Even for a predator, that puts the cart before the hyena.

12

I have lost (and sometimes recovered) many items to these hyena.

Quote examples

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Quoting Churchill: "Poland which with hyena appetite had only six months before joined in the pillage and destruction of the Czechoslovak State" [3].

2

Imagine being eaten alive by a cackling hyena that ambushed you and all the while being like "hmm what is the appropriate steelman here?

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And for my Journalism master’s project — “Salamander Eggs and Hyena Phalluses” — I narrated the discoveries of two novel life histories (or biological oddities).

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A separation achieved by collective force suppressing the natural dominion of the strong over the weak.[1] The lion doesn't feel moral compunction for "stealing" the hyena's kill, and why should he?

Proper noun examples

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However, Hyena's are occasionally the prey of a Leopard despite Hyena's being able to scare a Leopard away from prey.

2

Information bottleneck -> Information loss I also want to share that Mamba is based on the concept of Hyena.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hyena in a sentence?

And the simplicity is the best (HyperZZW), and Hyena is a failure.

What does hyena mean?

(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

What part of speech is hyena?

hyena is commonly used as noun.