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hyenoid

hyenoid adjective: characteristic of a hyena.

Adjective

hyenoid (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of a hyena

Origin of hyenoid

From hyena + -oid.

Questions about hyenoid

What does hyenoid mean?
Hyenoid means characteristic of a hyena.
What part of speech is hyenoid?
Hyenoid is an adjective.

Words near hyenoid in the dictionary

  1. hyenasonas
  2. hyenic
  3. hyenid
  4. hyenids
  5. hyenine
  6. hyenoid
  7. hyens
  8. hyenæ
  9. hyeong
  10. hyeongs
  11. hyeonmi nokcha

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