鬣狗 scavenged leftovers of lion's meal.

Meaning: This sentence describes how hyenas looked for and ate the food that was left behind by lions after they had eaten.

Choice of Words: 鬣狗 is a type of wild dog that is known for its scavenging habits. Scavenged means to search for and eat food that has been left behind by other animals. Leftovers are the food that is left after a meal. Lion's is used to indicate that the meal belongs to a lion. Meal is the food that is eaten at one time.

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Hyena scavenged leftovers of lion's meal.

Meaning: This means that a hyena ate the leftover food from a lion's kill.

Choice of Words: Hyena is a type of animal that is known for eating leftovers of other animals' kills. Scavenged means to eat something that is left behind by someone else. Leftovers are the remains of a meal that have not been eaten. Lion's is the possessive form of lion, which means that it belongs to a lion. Meal is the food that a lion has eaten.

The hyena ate the scraps from the lion's dinner.

Meaning: This means that the hyena ate the leftover food from the lion's dinner.

Choice of Words: Scraps are the leftover pieces of food that are not eaten. Dinner is the main meal of the day. The is used to specify a particular hyena and lion.

A hyena gobbled up the remains of the lion's prey.

Meaning: This means that the hyena quickly ate the leftover parts of the animal that the lion had killed.

Choice of Words: Gobbled means to eat something quickly and greedily. Remains are the leftover parts of something. Prey is an animal that is hunted and killed by another animal for food.

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