Sentence example with the word 'hyaena'

hyaena

Definition n. doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

Last update: October 9, 2015


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21, 22; compound creatures); (14) the hedgehog (pricks grapes upon its quills); (15) the fox (catches birds by simulating death); (16) the panther (spotted skin; enmity to the dragon; sleeps for three days after meals; allures its prey by sweet odour); (17) the sea-tortoise (or aspidochelone; mistaken by sailors for an island); (18) the partridge (hatches eggs of other birds); (19) the vulture (assisted in birth by a stone with loose kernel); (20) the ant-lion (able neither to take the one food nor to digest the other); (21) the weasel (conceives by the mouth and brings forth by the ear); (22) the unicorn (caught only by a virgin); (23) the beaver (gives up its testes when pursued); (24) the hyaena (a hermaphrodite); (25) the otter (enhydris; enters the crocodile's mouth to kill it); (26) the ichneumon (covers itself with mud to kill the dragon; another version of No.   [Please select]

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

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The little hyaena gazed at him in surprise, saying to herself, 'What.'   [Please select]

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Hyaena striata (_Striped Hyaena_) 205 VIVERRIDAE--THE CIVET FAMILY 207 Genus Viverra-- 221.   [Please select]

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Now the hyaena comes in as an intermediate form.   [Please select]

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The African spotted hyaena is said to commit great havoc in the sheep-fold.   [Please select]

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The hyaena is of a timorous nature, seldom, if ever, showing fight.   [Please select]

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