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Definition of Lioness
1. Noun. A female lion.
Definition of Lioness
1. n. A female lion.
Definition of Lioness
1. Noun. a female lion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lioness
1. a female lion [n -ES] - See also: lion
Medical Definition of Lioness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lioness
Literary usage of Lioness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1885)
"ABRAHAM) read a paper on a case of self-mutilation in a lioness. ... Possibly,
the lioness sought to relieve itself from irritation, and there might be an ..."
2. Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family by Laure Junot Abrantès (1854)
"One of them was the accouchement of the lioness of the ... Some years since a
lioness produced young at the Tower of London, but the circumstance threw no ..."
3. Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works by Thomas Bewick, Austin Dobson (1885)
"THE lioness AND THE FON. THE lioness and the Fox meeting together, fell into
discourse, and the conversation turning upon the breeding and fruitfulness of ..."
4. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"CHAPTER Л. This man contrives a secret 'twixt ns two, Tbat be may quell me with
hie meeting eves Like one who quells a lioness at bay. ..."
5. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... Chronicle" an extraordinary story of a lioness at Cambridge, under three years
of age, producing at a birth " four young cubs, all doing well," although ..."
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