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LIONESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lioness mean?
• LIONESS (noun)
The noun LIONESS has 1 sense:
1. a female lion
Familiarity information: LIONESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A female lion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("lioness" is a kind of...):
king of beasts; lion; Panthera leo (large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male)
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