Hy-ē'nā, n.

n.; pl. HY-Ē'NĀS. [Lat. hyæna. Gr. ὕαινα, originally a sow, but usually a Libyan wild beast, probably the modern hyena, an animal with a bristly mane like the hog, fr. ὗς, hog.] (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal allied to the dog, from which it differs by having only four toes to each foot, a bristly mane, the hips very much lower than the shoulders, and an odor from a gland under the tail. Its habits are nocturnal, and it generally feeds upon carrion. It is found in Africa and Asia. The striped hyena is the Hyena striata.

Hyena (Hyena striata).