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Hyaena

Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

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1
Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
2
(Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

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hyenanoun	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.

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hyenanoun	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.
swinenoun	(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
spottedverb	(no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
jackalnoun	Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
steenboknoun	A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
hyenasnoun	a 1992 Senegalese film adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Swiss-German satirical tragicomedy play The Visit, directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
bushbucknoun	Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
reedbucknoun	Any of several African antelopes of the genus Redunca.
gemsboknoun	A large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
waterbucknoun	A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
duikernoun	Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
francolinnoun	Any of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.
leopardnoun	Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).
caracalnoun	A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
lionessnoun	A female lion (animal).
aardwolfnoun	A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
oribinoun	(South Africa) Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope.
cheetahnoun	(zoology) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.
antelopenoun	Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
klipspringernoun	A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).