hyenine

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  1. Having the character of a hyena; pertaining to or characteristic of the Hyænidæ; hyeniform. Also spelled hyænine. The hyenine habit of walking or crawling upon wrist and ankle-joints when fighting or defending itself, with the object of defending its feet from injury. Stand. Nat. Hist., III. 435.

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