spotted hyena

spotted hyena

English

a spotted hyena

Noun

spotted hyena (plural spotted hyenas)

1. Crocuta crocuta, largest of the hyena species.

Synonyms

• laughing hyena

Translations

See also: Wikipedia:Spotted hyena#Local and indigenous names

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