hyenas

Meaning of hyenas

noun
  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.

Information about hyenas

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of hyenas is: hyena.
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Hyphenation of hyenas

hye-nas

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • hyenas is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of hyenas

Haynes, Seyhan, Shayne

Words that rhyme with hyenas

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