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 Translation for 'spotted hyena' from English to Portuguese
NOUN   a spotted hyena | spotted hyenas / [also] spotted hyena
SYNO Crocuta crocuta | laughing hyena | spotted hyena
zool.T
hiena malhada {f} [Crocuta crocuta]
spotted hyena
zool.T
hiena {f}
hyena
orn.T
codorna-do-campo {f} [Nothura maculosa]
spotted nothura
orn.T
cuco-rabilongo {m} [Clamator glandarius]
great spotted cuckoo
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Usage Examples English
  • The spotted hyena, another species of animal, was also known as the laughing hyena because of the way it sounds like when it communicates.
  • The four extant species are the striped hyena ("Hyaena hyaena"), the brown hyena ("Parahyaena brunnea"), the spotted hyena ("Crocuta crocuta"), and the aardwolf ("Proteles cristata").
  • Since the beginning of the project, aerial surveys of wildlife have shown sharp increases in the number of large animals. Spotted hyena reintroductions begain in July 2022.
  • The female spotted hyena has a unique urinary-genital system, closely resembling the penis of the male, called a pseudo-penis.
  • There is also a spotted hyena exhibit, outside the "Tropical Forest", that is not part of any major area.

  • A binturong shows off its ability to hang upside down with its prehensile tail, a spotted hyena displays its powerful jaws and otters spread awareness to recycle reusable items.
  • Common in the area are hartebeest ("Alcelaphus buselaphus"), spotted hyena ("Crocuta crocuta"), and jackals.
  • Black-backed jackal pups are vulnerable to African wolf, honey badger, spotted hyena and brown hyena.
  • "Crocuta" is a genus of hyena containing the largest living member of the family, the spotted hyena "(Crocuta crocuta)". Several fossil species are known as well.
  • Although the dentition is overall smaller than that of the spotted hyena, the upper molar of the striped hyena is far larger.

  • Shere Khan appears once again as a villain in the 1998 film "The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story", where he is voiced by Sherman Howard and accompanied by his sidekick Tabaqui, who in this version is a spotted hyena.
  • The Maasai Mara is a major research centre for the spotted hyena.
  • Transformation of field and pastureland represents the main threat to the hamadryas baboon; its only natural predators are the striped hyena, spotted hyena, and a diminishing number of African leopards that can still be found in the same area of distribution.
  • study concluded, "The basic anatomical structures of the corporeal bodies in both sexes of humans and spotted hyenas were similar.
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