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hys
Greek · ancient
"pig"
pig, the root behind the animal's name
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hyaina
Greek · ancient
"hyena"
the scavenging animal, likened to a pig for its bristled back
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hyaena
Latin · ancient
"hyena"
carried into Latin for the scavenging animal
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hyena
English · 1300s
"a scavenging doglike mammal"
settled as the English word for the scavenging animal
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