(n.) 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.
(n.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
(n.) An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.
Example Sentences:
(1) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
(2) Two similar calici agents, San Miguel sea lion virus (SMSV) and vesicular exanthema of swine virus (VESV) are susceptible to the virucidal activity of disinfectants of differing formulation.
(3) Gassman and Hoffman were both given Golden Lions for life achievement.
(4) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
(5) Lynn Kramer, the zoo's vice-president of animal operations and welfare, said five lions were typically in the exhibit and have never appeared to endanger each other before.
(6) Two “Belgian journalists” had been in the Panjshir valley of northern Afghanistan for weeks, supposedly waiting to interview Ahmad Shah Massoud, the so-called Lion of the Panjshir, leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, an al-Qaida adversary.
(7) RNA labeled with [3H]uridine from Vero cells infected with San Miguel sea lion virus in the presence of actinomycin D was analyzed by glycerol density gradient sedimentation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
(8) The group comprised 29 pumas (Felis concolor), 32 lions (Panthera leo), 27 tigers (P tigris), 19 leopards (P pardus), 18 jaguars (P onca) and 22 cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).
(9) For 20 years the great British inequality machine has hurtled on, driven largely by the burgeoning incomes of this top 0.1% – almost all of whom are directors, bankers or work in business services and real estate – who captured the lion’s share of any gains in real productivity.
(10) Kolo Touré: the lion-hearted loveable leader who is a triumph for tenacity | Paul Doyle Read more West Ham, who also saw a £31m bid for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette rejected this week, are now expected to return with an improved offer for both players.
(11) Acute viral hepatitis was diagnosed in five California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) stranded along the Los Angeles coast.
(12) Check your ego “I went through a big learning curve with Wales and then the British and Irish Lions in 2001,” Henry says.
(13) "I used to hate lions," he adds, "but now, because my invention is saving my father's cows and the lions, we are able to stay with the lions without any conflict."
(14) Bahrain, meanwhile, is picking up the lion’s share of the bill for the construction of a Royal Navy base, the Mina Salman support facility, which will include warehouses, a 300-metre jetty, accommodation, sports pitch and helipad.
(15) The animated advert cost £1m to make and features a hare and a bear created by some of the artists behind Disney's Lion King.
(16) In neighbouring Honduras , a group of farmers who were tired of seeing the lion's share of their produce go to middlemen decided three years ago to work with buyers in the country's largest city, San Pedro Sula, selling directly to supermarkets and fast-food chains, to offer a steady supply of lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli and other vegetables.
(17) In Cecil the lion fallout, hunters defend Walter Palmer and fear big game bans Read more The move comes after an American dentist killed a well-known lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month in an allegedly illegal hunt, setting off a worldwide uproar.
(18) Announcing the completion of a £600m tie-up with Premier Oil , Rockhopper said it was on track to pump oil from its Sea Lion field by the third quarter of 2017 and was working with its bigger partner to develop other prospects in the Falklands area.
(19) Antibodies were found to San Miguel sea lion virus (SMSV) types 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 13, and to Tillamook (bovine) calicivirus, but no antibodies were found to the walrus calicivirus.
(20) Eleven other lions, nine of which were initially underdosed, required additional injections of the drug combination for safe handling.
Lynx
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
(n.) One of the northern constellations.
Example Sentences:
(1) The complete primary structure of the major hemoglobin component from the adult European lynx (Lynx lynx) is presented.
(2) A total of €33m (£28.5m) – most of it provided by the regional government of Andalucía – has been spent so far on saving the lynx.
(3) Lynx on the loose after breaking out of Dartmoor zoo Read more Actually, Mee and his team know roughly where Flaviu is.
(4) The WWF has warned that the Iberian lynx, found only in Spain and Portugal, could become the first big cat to go extinct since the sabre-tooth tiger died out 10,000 years ago.
(5) The second phase of the programme involved trying to expand the narrow gene pool of the lynxes in the Doñana region.
(6) A further €50m has been committed for work to reintroduce the lynx to other areas of Spain and Portugal, with the bulk of this coming from the EU.
(7) The Iberian lynx is the only feline classified in the highest category of risk of extinction,” said Catherine Numa of the Spanish branch of the Geneva-based body.
(8) Spain's endangered Iberian lynx was brought back from brink of extinction thanks to an imaginative conservation programme that has brought hunters, farmers and the tourist industry under its wing.
(9) Visual evoked potentials were recorded from the occipital scalp of two anaesthetized Lynx (Lynx europea) in response to alternating gratings of various spatial frequencies and contrasts.
(10) Rabies virus was pantropic in naturally infected gray foxes and a bobcat (Lynx rufus).
(11) A Kuterevo bear takes a dip Bears aside– though bears alone are a pretty convincing reason to visit anywhere – the national park of the northern Velebit is home to over 2,700 plant species, as well as wolves, lynx, birds of prey and rarities such as the long-fingered bat and capercaillie .
(12) Read the second batch of Prince Charles's letters in full Read more Beef farming, dairy quotas, the power of supermarkets, Lynx helicopters, badger culling, listed buildings, summer schools, old-fashioned teaching methods and herbal medicines – Prince Charles filled ministers’ pigeon-holes with idiosyncratic lobbying letters covering an astonishing array of issues.
(13) Adult lynxes, which are about a metre long and weigh around 10kg – twice the size of a wildcat – have been reintroduced to the surrounding hills.
(14) Vegaolmosponce's idea was that you could mix two Lynx fragrances to get a third and that in turn would help men attract a gorgeous "mixable" woman.
(15) Rewilding plans by conservationists, similar to efforts to reintroduce wolves, lynx and other species to the UK , could also be harmed by the loss of wilderness, because the world risked losing a true picture of what certain ecosystems looked like.
(16) Slightly larger than a red fox and distinguished by its black ear tufts, the lynx has seen its population ravaged by farming, poaching and a decline in wild rabbits, its main prey, due to disease.
(17) The rise in lynx road deaths comes as efforts to boost lynx numbers through breeding programmes are starting to pay off.
(18) Of the 18 mammals surveyed, only the Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ) is still declining, with a decrease of 84% since 1965 and only 279 individuals thought to remain in the wild.
(19) Finland approves wolf hunt in trial cull Read more Thanks to people finally shrugging off the fairytale baddies that teach us to fear this carnivore, and thanks to protection from an EU directive on habitats, wolf numbers – along with those of lynx and brown bears – have been slowly recovering in Europe .
(20) Having persuaded local hunters and landowners to stop shooting and laying down snares in lynx territory, conservationists have since been capturing animals and relocating young adult lynxes in protected territory.