noun🔗ShareAny of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited."While visiting the zoo, the children were both amused and slightly frightened by the hyenas and their strange, laughing calls. "animalbiologynatureorganismscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.cultureritualsexhumanpersontraditionsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading