any of various wolflike carnivores (family Hyaenidae), with powerful jaws, a bristly mane, short hind legs, and a characteristic shrill cry, fed on carrion; a hyena.

= ಕತ್ತೆಕಿರುಬ.

(masc.) a member of a tribal community who sell items like corn, grain, woollen blankets, etc., carrying on donkey's back.

the community itself.

the plant Aristolochia bracteolatea of Aristolochiaceae family; (sometimes mistaken for Helleborus niger of Ranunculaceae family the rhizomes of which were formerly used as a heart stimulant and cathartic; black hellebore).