Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giant hyena

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: gi-ant hye-na
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large extinct hyena of the genus †Pachycrocuta, especially †Pachycrocuta brevirostris, which was around the size of a lioness.

Example Sentences

"The giant hyena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris, was a metre high at the shoulder and 190 kilograms in weight, making it the largest hyena that ever lived."

Inflected Forms

giant hyenas (plural)

Questions

What does giant hyena mean?: A large extinct hyena of the genus †Pachycrocuta, especially †Pachycrocuta brevirostris, which was around the size of a lioness.

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