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    KING OF BEASTS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the maleplay

    Synonyms:

    king of beasts; lion; Panthera leo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("king of beasts" is a kind of...):

    big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)

    Meronyms (parts of "king of beasts"):

    mane (long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "king of beasts"):

    lion cub (a young lion)

    lioness (a female lion)

    lionet (a small or young lion)

    Holonyms ("king of beasts" is a member of...):

    genus Panthera; Panthera (lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)

    pride (a group of lions)

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