Dog and Hyena

Dog

Dog noun - A domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes.

Hyena and dog are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hyena" instead a noun "Dog".

Nearby Words: doghouse, doggy, doge

Hyena

Hyena noun - Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
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Dog and hyena are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dog" instead a noun "Hyena".

Both words in one sentence

  • Death World Riddick: "Not-Furya" is arid and seemingly only inhabited by large hyena/dog creatures that can apparently be domesticated and giant scorpion creatures that live in mud puddles.
    Source: Death World
  • Slurpasaur Nosferatu used a striped hyena to pose as a werewolf, which is pretty clever given that it's dog-like but also alien to viewers in the 1920s.
    Source: Slurpasaur
  • Western Animation / Biker Mice from Mars Humanoid Animals: The mice, the rats, the dog-hyena-people Sand Raiders, the Catatonians and the Plutarkians all fit this.
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