Definition of lioness
: a female lion
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Just up ahead a lioness and her three cubs wrestled on a log.
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The lion was being held with a lioness at the Nicolas Bravo zoo in Tulancingo, northeast of Mexico City.
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How did Bridget, an 18-year-old African lioness, become the animal kingdom’s bearded lady?
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The lioness mauled the woman and caused her serious injury.
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Leaning regally on front paws, her countenance is that of the imperial lioness yawning at her place atop the food chain.
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From coolly majestic lionesses to frantically racing grebes, from a Serengeti sunset to an otherworldly penguin procession, this exhibition is sure to leave viewers awestruck at the wide world around them.
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Early Julia Roberts, with that lioness mane, steals hearts in Mystic Pizza; Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon—equally brilliant, equally wild-haired—weave a different sort of spell in The Witches of Eastwick.
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The burly 3-year-old is currently getting used to his new habitat and the three resident lionesses.
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First Known Use of lioness
14th century
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