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brown hyenas

brown hyenas is the plural of brown hyena.

Meaning of brown hyena

Noun

brown hyena (plural brown hyenas)

  1. A comparatively rare species of hyena, Parahyaena brunnea, endemic to desert and semi-desert areas and open woodland savannahs of southern Africa.
    • It is now well established that brown hyenas, at least when rearing cubs, deliberately hunt other carnivores (up to the size of cheetahs, on the Kruger Park evidence) and take them to the breeding dens as food for the cubs.1981, C. K. Brain, The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy, page 77

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What is brown hyenas the plural of?
Brown hyenas is the plural of brown hyena.

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