Leonine
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(often of a persons head or hair) like a lion
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of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
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Leonine refers to something that is of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion. This adjective can be used to describe physical attributes, such as strength or appearance similar to a lion, as well as metaphorical attributes, such as bravery or nobility.
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pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity
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lē′o-nīn, adj. a kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end. [From Leoninus, a 12th-cent. canon in Paris; or from Pope Leo II.]
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