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Meaning of "brown hyena" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BROWN HYENA

brown hyena  [braʊn haɪˈiːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROWN HYENA

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conjunction
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Brown hyena is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BROWN HYENA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brown hyena

The brown hyena is a species of hyena found in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and South Africa. It is currently the rarest species of hyena.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROWN HYENA


arena
əˈriːnə
Argentina
ˌɑːdʒənˈtiːnə
Athena
əˈθiːnə
ballerina
ˌbæləˈriːnə
carina
kəˈriːnə
Christina
krɪˈstiːnə
cleaner
ˈkliːnə
corvina
kɔːˈviːnə
Filipina
ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnə
Herzegovina
ˌhɜːtsəɡəʊˈviːnə
hyaena
haɪˈiːnə
hyena
haɪˈiːnə
kina
ˈkiːnə
Lena
ˈliːnə
marina
məˈriːnə
medina
mɛˈdiːnə
Messina
mɛˈsiːnə
piscina
pɪˈsiːnə
pruina
pruːˈiːnə
tina
ˈtiːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROWN HYENA

brown coal
brown cow
brown creeper
brown dwarf
brown earth
brown fat
brown flour
brown goods
brown hickory
brown house moth
brown lung disease
brown nose
brown owl
brown paper
brown pound
brown rat
brown rice
brown rot
brown sauce
brown seaweed

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROWN HYENA

Cartagena
catena
Cesena
galena
gena
Helena
Jena
laughing hyena
Magdalena
Modena
novena
phenomena
plena
prolegomena
Saint Helena
scena
sena
Siena
spotted hyena
vena

Synonyms and antonyms of brown hyena in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brown hyena» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BROWN HYENA

Find out the translation of brown hyena to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brown hyena from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brown hyena» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

棕鬣狗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hiena parda
570 millions of speakers

English

brown hyena
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्राउन हाइना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضبع البني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бурая гиена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hiena marrom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাদামি হেনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hyène brune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hyena coklat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

braune Hyäne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブラウンハイエナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갈색 하이에나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coklat hyena
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

linh cẩu nâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழுப்பு நிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तपकिरी हाइना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kahverengi sırtlan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

iena marrone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brązowa hiena
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бура гієна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hienă maro
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καφέ ύαινα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bruinhiëna
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brun hyena
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brun hyene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brown hyena

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROWN HYENA»

The term «brown hyena» is normally little used and occupies the 139.456 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BROWN HYENA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brown hyena

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROWN HYENA»

Discover the use of brown hyena in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brown hyena and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hyena Nights & Kalahari Days
One night I followed seven members of the Kousaunt spotted hyena clan to Kwang Windmill at which a brown hyena was drinking. They immediately chased it and it ran away. After a good 500 metres, the brown hyena stopped, backed up  ...
Gus Mills, Margie Mills, 2010
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The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed ...
... and black). Mammae: 4. Fig. 20.7. Brown hyena carrying springhare (from a photo in Mills 1978). ... and Cape Province. ECOLOGY. The dominant large carnivore in the South West Arid Zone, the brown hyena is an opportunistic forager that ...
Richard Estes, 1991
3
The Analysis of Animal Bones from Archeological Sites
brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) and the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Both species collect bones in dens (Sutcliffe 1970; Kruuk 1972; Bearder 1977; Mills 1973, 1978a,b; Mills and Mills 1977; M. Owens and Owens 1978, 1979; D. Owens ...
Richard G. Klein, 1984
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Botswana: Okavango Delta - Chobe - Northern Kalahari
The brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) is one of the three hyena species in southern Africa, the other two being a successful scavenger and hunter, the spotted hyena, and the insectivorous aardwolf. Brown hyena are classed as 'near  ...
Chris McIntyre, 2010
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Currents of Contrast: Life in Southern Africa's Two Oceans
BROWN HYENA The brown hyena, or strandwolf, is one of two hyena species that inhabit southern Africa. The size of a large dog, it is smaller than the spotted hyena. Its distinctive sloping back, dark shaggy brown coat, the white around its ...
‎2005
6
Exploring Mammals
Open-country. scavengers .-f RUSSIA Striped hyena Spotted hyena | Brown hyena ]. Brown and striped hyenas are large scavenging animals so they need to feed on the remains of large animals to get enough food. The biggest animals ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2007
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A View to a Kill: Investigating Middle Palaeolithic ...
These species are brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) and striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena), which are closely related, and spotted hyena (Mills and Bearder 2006). Hyenas are distributed over a large area. Striped hyena is found in India, the ...
Gerrit Leendert Dusseldorp, 2009
8
The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals ...
Striped hyena, Hyaena hyaeria Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocura Brown hyena, H. b1'unn.ea" Aardwolf, Proteles cristatas WHAT THEY ARE Large, doglike carnivores relaned to civets and mongooses. The youngest and smallest carnivore ...
Richard D. Estes, 1999
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The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave ...
The Brown Hyena, Hyaena brunnea Thunberg As will be discussed in chapter 8, the earliest recorded representative of the Hyaena brunnea stock appears to have been the mid-Pliocene form, H. pyrenaica, from Europe, which entered Africa ...
American Bar Foundation, Samuel J. Brakel, Ronald S. Rock, 1971
10
Namibian Wildlife - An Alternative Guide for the Traveller ...
Understandably then hyenas tend to suckle more than bring food back. Brown hyenas will suckle other peoples youngsters at the den but spotted hyena will only suckle their own young. This could be because brown hyena must leave the den ...
Sean Nicholson, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROWN HYENA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brown hyena is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Science gets sexy
You've even got species where the male has an “innie” and the female has an “outie,” such as the brown hyena, the female of which has an ... «St. Albert Gazette, Jun 15»
2
The Elusive Desert-Adapted Lions Of Namibia And The Man Who …
... lions, as well as overseeing the efforts of a part-time Wilderness employee who is conducting research on the local brown hyena population. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
3
Catch the illusive brown hyena on 50/50
On Sunday, 31 May, at 17:30, episode 28 of season 6 of 50/50 will air on SABC3. This episode takes a look at the shy brown hyena, toxic water ... «Media Update, May 15»
4
No laughing matter this: an ode to hyena
Across the world, there are four known species of hyena—the spotted hyena, the striped hyena, the brown hyena and the aardwolf. In India, we ... «Livemint, Mar 15»
5
A wild weekend in the Waterberg
... region, while the reserve itself is now also home to the rest of the Big 5 as well as cheetah, brown hyena, honey badger and a whole lot more. «News24, Mar 15»
6
Must-do Pretoria - 10 things to try
It is a breeding centre for a host of other animals, including the rare brown hyena. 4. Sundowners at the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Menlyn. «News24, Feb 15»
7
Life is good... so relax at Rhulani
Madikwe has both spotted and brown hyena and, on an evening drive, we are lucky to see a brown hyena briefly before it skulks away into the ... «Independent Online, Jan 15»
8
Cheetah queen chairs large carnivore protectors
... conservation of healthy populations of free-ranging large carnivores, including lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, laughing and brown hyena. «Namibia Economist, Nov 14»
9
Nature's Candids: The Best Wildlife Camera-Trap Photography Of …
New Behaviour commended: Ostrich attacking an oryx, Aus, Namibia by Sarah Edwards/Brown Hyena Research Project. Nature's Candids: The Best Wildlife ... «io9, Nov 14»
10
Walking with rhino
... you're limited for time, and has all the big five, including conspicuous white rhino, plus some other interesting species such as brown hyena. «Independent Online, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Brown hyena [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brown-hyena>. May 2024 ».
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