(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.
Werewolf
Definition:
(n.) A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
Example Sentences:
(1) He just look sideways and for some reason it’s funny.” But Clement himself names Rhys Darby, aka the Conchords’ manager, Murray, who plays a werewolf in Shadows, as the funniest man he has ever worked with – even if he does appear in “too many ads”.
(2) It sounded like a werewolf exorcising a roomful of crucified sopranos.)
(3) It brings to mind the image of a werewolf not being able to stop his transformation at full moon, but do we really believe this?
(4) Hostel is undoubtedly the most unpleasant film I have ever seen,” he said, while Roth’s Netflix series Hemlock Grove “made An American Werewolf in London look like Mary Poppins”.
(5) A semi-rotted werewolf hangs around by the door, with a hole blowtorched right through his leg.
(6) They seem to have a werewolf smoking a pipe as the logo - perhaps a reference to the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome - but why the reference to Bob Marley air freshener?"
(7) The actor – known to Twi-hards for his role as werewolf Jacob Black in the hit movie series – is joining the BBC3 show for its second series.
(8) Five movie repeat An American Werewolf in London averaged 400,000 viewers, 6% of the audience, between 11pm and 12.45am.
(9) 8.07pm GMT Out they come, with Susanna’s minty fringed dress clashing horribly with her gravy tan, and Kevin dressed as a camp werewolf.
(10) Updated at 8.43pm GMT 8.39pm GMT Luke’s singing Moondance, presumably before it’s what he does right before he turns into a werewolf each night, which he does right before all the other werewolves take the piss out of him for looking a bit like Mick Hucknall.
(11) Just shoot me…" Fast-forward a few months and Slade would be found eating his words ("I think I've eaten more than enough humble pie," he told me later), stating that those comments were made before he'd ever read Stephenie Meyer's novels about a young woman whose affections are divided between a vampire and a werewolf, or seen the blockbusting movies, all of which turned out to be far more interesting, intelligent and inspiring than he had ever imagined.
(12) I hope it turns out that Lara's been a werewolf all this time – but I suspect he means that her character and spirit come under such attack that she's reduced to fight-or-flight responses.
(13) In 2007 it was all about Blake Commagere and AJ Olson's vampire, zombie and werewolf biting games, which required players to recruit Facebook friends into their monster covens.
(14) Ultimate Werewolf Monsters are stalking the village.
(15) He is a 28 years old man, imprisoned for deadly violence, who has been showing, for many years, the belief of being transformed into a werewolf during depersonalization episodes when he presents a lycanthropic behaviour.
(16) In the morning, the people wake to find one of their number slain and vote to execute another player as a suspected werewolf.
(17) Dan and Kevin Hageman, who wrote forthcoming CGI feature Hotel Transylvania, about a rooming house in which Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula and the Werewolf hide out after the 21st century casts them into irrelevance, are penning the script.