cave hyena
English
Noun
cave hyena (plural cave hyenas)
- An extinct subspecies of spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta spelaea, which lived in Eurasia during the Pleistocene.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 203:
- The cave hyena was widespread and abundant in Europe and north Asia, ranging from Spain to Siberia.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 203: