Crocotta
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- mythical creature
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- Leucrote royal MS12.jpg
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- Similarity to hyena
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thumb|Crocotta, as illustrated in a medieval bestiary
The crocotta or corocotta, crocuta, leucrocotta, or leucrotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs.
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