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GENUS HYAENA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Hyaenidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Hyaena" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hyaena"):

Hyaena hyaena; striped hyena (of northern Africa and Arabia and India)

brown hyena; Hyaena brunnea; strand wolf (of southern Africa)

Holonyms ("genus Hyaena" is a member of...):

family Hyaenidae; Hyaenidae (hyenas)

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