spotted hyena

English

a spotted hyena

Noun

spotted hyena (plural spotted hyenas)

1. Any of species Crocuta crocuta of the largest of hyenas.

Synonyms

• laughing hyena

Translations

See also: Spotted hyena

Crocuta crocuta

• Afar: yangula m
• Catalan: hiena tacada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斑鬣狗 (bānliègǒu)

• Dutch: gevlekte hyena (nl) f
• Finnish: täplähyeena
• French: hyène tachetée (fr) f
• Kikuyu: hiti
• Russian: пятни́стая гие́на f (pjatnístaja gijéna)
• Swahili: kingugwa
• Swedish: fläckig hyena

See also

• striped hyena

References

• spotted hyena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crocuta crocuta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Crocuta crocuta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons