African carnivores (6)
I believe the answer is:
hyenas
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">african carnivores</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hyenas that I've seen before include "Carnivorous animals making sounds like wild laughter" , "Dog-like animals with laughter sounds" , "Flesh-eating dogs with laughter-like howl" , "Dog-like animals of Africa" , "their laughter is notorious" .)