hyenine

Adjective

hyenine (comparative more hyenine, superlative most hyenine)

1. Characteristic of or pertaining to hyenas.
   • As, however, the leading characteristic of its formation appears to tend rather towards the canine than the hyenine type, the Hunting-Dog has been provisionally placed at the end of the dogs rather than at the end of the hyenas.1885, Joseph Bassett Holder, Our Living World
   • In its actions, as well as its appearance, it resembles the hyenas, bristling up its mane when angry, like the striped species, and having the hyenine habit of walking or crawling upon wrist and ankle-joints when fighting or defending itself, with the object of defending its feet from injury.1888, John Sterling Kingsley, Friedrich von Hellwald, The Riverside Natural History - Volume 5, page 435