Definition of "lion" []

• A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo) of Africa and northwest India, having a short tawny coat, a tufted tail, and, in the male, a heavy mane around the neck and shoulders. (noun)
• Any of several large wildcats related to or resembling the lion. (noun)
• A very brave person. (noun)
• A person regarded as fierce or savage. (noun)
• A noted person; a celebrity: a literary lion. (noun)

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• "In such a sentence as “That fierce lion who came here is dead, ” the class of “lion, ” which we may call the animal class, would be referred to by concording prefixes no less than six times, —with the demonstrative (“that”), the qualifying adjective, the noun itself, the relative pronoun, the subjective prefix to the verb of the relative clause, and the subjective prefix to the verb of the main clause (“is dead”)."
• ""Dandelion"; it used to be written _dent de lion_; that is, "tooth of a lion"; because its leaves are edged with sharp teeth, like a lion's jaw."
• "*wayting pashuntlee in lion wayting payshuntlee in lion*"