hy·e·na 
/haɪˈi:nə/ noun
plural hy·e·nas /haɪˈi:nə/ noun [count] : a large animal of Asia and Africa that eats the flesh of dead animals
▪ a pack of hyenas ◊The call of the hyena sounds like very loud laughter, and the hyena is sometimes referred to as a laughing hyena. A person who is laughing in a loud or foolish way is sometimes described as laughing like a hyena.
▪ a pack of hyenas ◊The call of the hyena sounds like very loud laughter, and the hyena is sometimes referred to as a laughing hyena. A person who is laughing in a loud or foolish way is sometimes described as laughing like a hyena.
