The Devil's Dictionary: Hyena

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
HYDRA
HYPOCHONDRIASIS

HYENA

-n.

A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that.

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