hyaena

Other forms of hyaena

plural

hyaenas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyaena

What does hyaena mean?

hyaena means "doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion".

How many syllables are in hyaena?

hyaena has 3 syllables: hy-ae-na. The stress falls on "hy".

What is another word for hyaena?

Close synonyms include hyena. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyaena a common word?

hyaena is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.