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noun
- 1. a large tawny-coloured cat that lives in prides, found in Africa and north-western India. The male has a flowing shaggy mane and takes little part in hunting, which is done cooperatively by the females. Similar
- 2. a member of a touring international rugby union team representing the British Isles.
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LION definition: 1. a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur that lives in Africa and southern…. Learn more.
The meaning of LION is a large heavily built social cat (Panthera leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male.
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane.
Lion definition: a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.. See examples of LION used in a sentence.
LION meaning: 1. a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur that lives in Africa and southern…. Learn more.
A lion is a large wild member of the cat family that is found in Africa. Lions have yellowish fur, and male lions have long hair on their head and neck.
Definition of lion noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a large, powerful animal of the cat family that hunts in groups and lives in parts of Africa and southern Asia. Lions have yellow-brown fur and the male has a mane (= long, thick hair round its neck). The lion shook its mane and roared.
LION definition: a large, wild animal of the cat family, with light brown fur. Learn more.
What does the noun lion mean? There are 28 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun lion, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. lion has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
3 days ago · lion, (Panthera leo), large, powerfully built cat (family Felidae) that is second in size only to the tiger; it is a famous apex predator (meaning without a natural predator or enemy). The proverbial “king of beasts,” the lion has been one of the best-known wild animals since earliest times.
