giant hyena

English

Noun

giant hyena (plural giant hyenas)

1. A large extinct hyena of the genus †Pachycrocuta, especially †Pachycrocuta brevirostris, which was around the size of a lioness.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 151:

     The giant hyena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris, was a metre high at the shoulder and 190 kilograms in weight, making it the largest hyena that ever lived.