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Crocuta
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Translingual
Etymology
mul la-new - genus name, from mul la crocuta hyena ?, borrowed from mul grc κροκόττας crocotta first attested in Strabo's Geographica, where the animal is described as being a mix of wolf and dog native to Ethiopia, which may have been a borrowing from mul sa -.
Proper noun
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genus family Hyaenidae a monotypic genus, containing only Crocuta crocuta, the spotted hyena or laughing hyena
Hypernyms
genus ; Hyaeninae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Crocuta crocuta species - sole species
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