Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book-name of the painted hyena or hyena-dog of Africa, Lycaon pictus, translating one of its generic names, Cynhyæna, which is not in use. See
Lycaon .
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The animals observed were, the Waraba, a dark-coloured cynhyena, with a tail partly white, a grey jackal, and three different kinds of antelopes.
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The animals observed were, the Waraba, a dark-coloured cynhyena, with a tail partly white, a grey jackal, and three different kinds of antelopes.
First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855
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