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Lion
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- 1 Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion. not-comparable
- 1 The constellation and zodiacal sign Leo.
"The Lion reigneth in the Back, Sides, Bones, Sinews and Griſles."
- 1 A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
"Tigers and lions share a common ancestor from a few million years ago."
- 2 A player for National Football League's Detroit Lions.
- 3 large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male wordnet
- 4 A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.; A male lion, as opposed to a lioness, which is characterized by having a flowing shaggy mane and taking little part in hunting, which can be done cooperatively.
- 5 A player for Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions. Canadian
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- 6 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo wordnet
- 7 Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. broadly
- 8 A player for the England football team.
- 9 a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) wordnet
- 10 A Chinese foo dog.
- 11 A player or supporter of the Brisbane Lions.
- 12 A person who shows attributes associated with the lion, such as strength, courage, or ferocity.
"It was said of [Edward Plantaganet] that ‘he was a lion for pride and ferocity but a pard for inconstancy and changeableness, not keeping his word or promise but excusing himself with fair words’."
- 13 A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
"During this period, we were the lions of the neighbourhood; and, no doubt, strangers from the distant villages were taken to see the "Karhowrees" (white men), in the same way that countrymen, in a city, are gallanted to the Zoological Gardens."
- 14 A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
- 15 An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings. historical
Etymology
From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo, from the same Latin source.
From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo, from the same Latin source.
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