genus hyaena

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Hyaenidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	hyaena hyaena, striped hyena,
definition	:	of northern Africa and Arabia and India (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	brown hyena, hyaena brunnea, strand wolf,
definition	:	of southern Africa (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family hyaenidae, hyaenidae,
definition	:	hyenas (noun.animal)