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1. (adj.) leonine
of or pertaining to a lion.
2. leonine
resembling or suggestiveof a lion.
3. leonine
(cap.) of or pertaining to any of the popes named Leo.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME leonyn < L leōnīnus lionlike =leōlion+-īnus-ine1)
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1. (adj) leonine
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
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1. (adj) leonine
pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity
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