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# lion

«lion» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lion, lions; female lioness, lionesses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa. The male has a large mane of hair around its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#m1)

2) A lion is also a symbol of courage and strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: an animal counted in a zoo or story; its legs, food or weight may be counted; «each lion» makes a rate. In science: lions are predators and carnivores; they live in groups called prides and the lionesses do most of the hunting. In stories: the lion as the king of the jungle; brave as a lion. Phrases: a pride of lions, the lion's share (the biggest part), sea lion, mountain lion.

### examples

- The zoo has 4 lions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x1)
- Each lion eats 7 kg of meat a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x2)
- There are 3 more tigers than lions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x3)
- How many legs do 5 lions have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x4)
- A lion's roar can be heard far away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x5)
- Lions live in groups called prides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x6)
- The lionesses hunt for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x7)
- In the fable, a little mouse helps a lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x8)
- He took the lion's share of the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/#x9)

### note

A female lion is a «lioness»; a baby is a «cub». Just the thing counted; «each lion» makes a rate. No clue by itself. Trap: «the lion's share» means the biggest part, not an equal share. Myth: lions do not live in the jungle; most live on grassy plains.

### In the corpora

- [In The Lion King musical the puppets are designed so you see both the actor and the animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/8/)
- [Lions have a special voice box with square-shaped folds that make a very deep, loud sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/7/)
- [In Aesop's fable from ancient Greece, about 2500 years ago, a little mouse saves a lion by gnawing through a net.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/12/)
- [Leopards drag their kills, sometimes as heavy as themselves, up into trees where lions and hyenas cannot steal them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/5/)
- [Zebras defend themselves with powerful kicks and bites that can badly injure a lion, and they have never been tamed like horses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.