"brown hyena" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brown hyenas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brown hyena (plural brown hyenas)
  1. A comparatively rare species of hyena, Hyaena brunnea, endemic to desert and semi-desert areas and open woodland savannahs of southern Africa. Wikipedia link: brown hyena Categories (lifeform): Hyaenids Translations (Hyaena brunnea): strandwolf (Afrikaans), strandjut (Afrikaans), bruin hiëna (Afrikaans), кафява хиена (kafjava hiena) (Bulgarian), bruine hyena [feminine] (Dutch), strandwolf [masculine] (Dutch), ruskohyeena (Finnish), vaippahyeena (Finnish), hyène brune [feminine] (French), iena bruna [feminine] (Italian), hiena brunatna [feminine] (Polish), hienă brună [feminine] (Romanian), бу́рая гие́на (búraja gijéna) [feminine] (Russian), берегова́я гие́на (beregovája gijéna) [feminine] (Russian)

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