Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spotted hyena

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: spot-ted hye-na
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Crocuta crocuta, the largest extant hyena species.

Inflected Forms

spotted hyenas (plural)

Phrases

striped hyena

Frequently Paired Words

striped hyena

Synonyms

laughing hyena crocuta crocuta

Questions

What does spotted hyena mean?: Any member of the species Crocuta crocuta, the largest extant hyena species.

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