a doglike African mammal with forelimbs that are longer than the hindlimbs and an erect mane. Hyenas are noted as scavengers but most are also effective hunters 鬣狗
Family Hyaenidae: two genera, in particular Hyaena, and three species 鬣狗科: 2属,尤指鬣狗属,3种
语源
Middle English: via Latin from Greek huaina, feminine of hus 'pig' (the transference of the term probably being because the animal's mane was thought to resemble a hog's bristles)