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Definition of leonine adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leonine

adjective
 
/ˈliːənaɪn/
 
/ˈliːənaɪn/
(literary)
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  1. like a lion
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin leoninus, from leo, leon- ‘lion’.
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