This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
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n. A mammal (Proteles cristatus) native to southern and eastern Africa that resembles the hyena, has gray fur with black stripes, and feeds mainly on termites and insect larvae.

"I started with aardvark, calling it a burrowing insectivorous mammal, then aardwolf, a hyena-like mammal, making my way to acclimate—to accustom or become accustomed to new surroundings or circumstances."

hyaena    hyena   

aardwolves    proteles