tiger-wolfn.(a) the Spotted Hyena ( Hyæna crocuta);(b) = sense 2c (a) (Ogilvie, 1882).
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1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 108 The Lion, Tiger, and Leopard are bitter enemies to the Tiger-Wolf.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 369/1 The Spotted Hyæna, or Tiger~Wolf of the [South African] colonists.