"Crocuta" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: New Latin genus name, from Latin crocuta (“hyena ?”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κροκόττας (krokóttas, “crocotta”, first attested in Strabo's Geographica, where the animal is described as being a mix of wolf and dog native to Ethiopia), which may have been a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymology templates: {{bor|mul|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|mul|la|crocuta|t=hyena ?}} Latin crocuta (“hyena ?”), {{der|mul|grc|κροκόττας|pos=first attested in Strabo's Geographica, where the animal is described as being a mix of wolf and dog native to Ethiopia|t=crocotta}} Ancient Greek κροκόττας (krokóttas, “crocotta”, first attested in Strabo's Geographica, where the animal is described as being a mix of wolf and dog native to Ethiopia), {{der|mul|sa|-}} Sanskrit Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Crocuta|nogendercat=1}} Crocuta f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyaenidae – a monotypic genus, containing only Crocuta crocuta, the spotted hyena or laughing hyena. Wikipedia link: Geographica, Strabo Tags: feminine Hyponyms (genus): Crocuta crocuta (english: sole species)
    Sense id: en-Crocuta-mul-name--yau9z8M Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Tetrapoda (english: superclass), Mammalia (english: subfamily) [class], Theria – supercohort (english: subfamily), Eutheria (english: infraclass), Carnivora (english: order), Feliformia (english: suborder), Hyaenidae (english: family), Hyaeninae (english: subfamily)
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