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Crocuta

noun

a genus of Hyaenidae

• Syn: ↑genus Crocuta

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hyaenidae, ↑family Hyaenidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑spotted hyena, ↑laughing hyena, ↑Crocuta crocuta

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\\krōˈkyüd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin crocuta, corocottas, a kind of wild animal, perhaps the hyena, from Greek krokottas, korokottas

: the genus consisting of the African spotted hyena

Useful english dictionary. 2012.