I. the striped hyena, a carnivorous animal with a bristly mane like a hog (whence the name), Hyaena striata, Hdt.4.192, Arist.HA579b15, Ael.NA7.22, Opp.C.3.263; also called γλάνος, Arist.HA594a31; cf. κροκόττας.
2. a kind of antelope, Ael.NA15.15 (s.v.l.).