<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth, and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.</li><li>1 (used with a plural verb) Astronomy: A group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.</li><li>Classical Mythology: A group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward.</li></ul>