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hyenic

hyenic adjective: characteristic of a hyena.

Adjective

hyenic (comparative more hyenic, superlative most hyenic)

  1. Characteristic of a hyena.
    • a hyenic laugh

Forms of hyenic

comparativemore hyenic
superlativemost hyenic
alternative formhyaenic

Origin of hyenic

From hyena + -ic.

Questions about hyenic

What does hyenic mean?
Hyenic means characteristic of a hyena.
What part of speech is hyenic?
Hyenic is an adjective.

Words near hyenic in the dictionary

  1. hyenalike
  2. hyenanchin
  3. hyenas
  4. hyenasona
  5. hyenasonas
  6. hyenic
  7. hyenid
  8. hyenids
  9. hyenine
  10. hyenoid
  11. hyens

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