HyperDic: hyena_dog

English > 1 sense of the expression hyena dog:
NOUNanimalhyena dog, African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictusa powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs
English > hyena dog: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area.
SynonymsAfrican hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus
Broaderwild dogAny of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
Spanishlicaón
CatalanLycaon pictus

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