"giant hyena" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 151",
          "text": "The giant hyena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris, was a metre high at the shoulder and 190 kilograms in weight, making it the largest hyena that ever lived.",
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