lion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lion	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lion n large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male Synonym(s): lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) Synonym(s): lion, social lion (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo Synonym(s): Leo, Lion the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 Synonym(s): Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lion \Li"on\ (l[imac]"[ucr]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr. le`wn. Cf. {Chameleon}, {Dandelion}, {Leopard}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous feline mammal ({Felis leo}), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the {maneless lion}, the male has only a slight mane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lion \Li"on\, n. {Lion of Lucerne}, a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821 as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10, 1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock, is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of France. {Lion of St. Mark}, a winged lion, the emblem of the evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel. {Lion of the North}, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty Years' War. Liquid air \Liq"uid air\ (Physics) A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N -194[deg] C; O -183[deg] C.).