Lion

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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. isim 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.
3. isim Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
4. isim A Chinese foo dog.
5. isim 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’.”

6. isim 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.”

7. isim A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
8. isim An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.
9. sıfat Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
10. özel isim The constellation and zodiacal sign Leo.

    “The Lion reigneth in the Back, Sides, Bones, Sinews and Griſles.”

11. isim A player for National Football League's Detroit Lions.
12. isim A player for Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions.
13. isim A player for the England football team.
14. isim A player or supporter of the Brisbane Lions.