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Meanings of lioness in English

Russian
львица
Spanish
leona

Female lion.

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львица
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Examples for "female lion"
Examples for "female lion"
1
Three humans will probably have more mass than a single female lion.
Wired
2
The female lion looked quite pleased by the invitation.
Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz
3
The lioness, or female lion, is smaller in every way than the male and has no mane.
New National Fourth Reader
4
She saw another large female lion fall.
The Land of Painted Caves
5
The package is billed as an "exciting opportunity to hunt your dream female lion" in the open plains of Vergelee.
The South African
Usage of lioness in English
1
Now he was in the presence of the lioness and her young.
An Eye for an Eye
2
One autumn year, Lord Tytos came between a lioness and her prey.
A clash of kings
3
Yet the lioness kills my cousin and the dwarf kills the lioness.
The Ancient Allan
4
For the first thirty yards of the race the lioness gained rapidly.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
5
She deemed it prudent to shift to lioness form before they landed.
Imprudence
6
So I took a careful bead at the lioness and let drive.
The Land of Footprints
7
Then the lioness appeared and I wounded her with my first shot.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
8
A roused lioness, she leaped to the mantel to seize the shotgun.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
9
You watch the slow lope of a lioness and forget to breathe.
Leaving Time
10
The lioness measured nine feet six inches from nose to tail extremity.
Ismailia
11
The queen uttered a cry, and sprang up like an angry lioness.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
12
He got up and kept on creeping towards the lioness, almost stalking.
The South African
13
Our lioness subscribed five pounds, and became entitled to vote and speech.
A Woman-Hater
14
No woman art thou, but a lioness or monster of the sea.
Stories from the Greek Tragedians
15
The lioness struggled to hold on as the zebra tried to escape.
The South African
16
Also when she has eaten the spear handle, that lioness may return.
The Ancient Allan
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Translations for lioness
Spanish
leona
Lioness through the time
Lioness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common