Ant-lion
(n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius. |
Aphis lion
() The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs (Coccinella). |
Female
(n.) An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. |
Female
(n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization |
Female
(a.) Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova |
Female
(a.) Belonging to an individual of the female sex |
Female
(a.) Having pistils and no stamens |
Female rhymes
() double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. |
Female fern
() a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixfaemina), growing in many countries |
Hybrid
(n.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species |
Hybrid
(a.) Produced from the mixture of two species |
Lion
(n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown |
Lion
(n.) A sign and a constellation |
Lion
(n.) An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded |
Lion-heart
(n.) A very brave person. |
Lion-hearted
(a.) Very brave |
Lion's ear
() A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia. |
Lion's foot
() A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. |
Lion's foot
() The edelweiss. |
Lion's leaf
() A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap. |
Lion's tail
() A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus) |
Lion's tooth
() See Leontodon. |
Male-
() See Mal-. |
Male
(a.) Evil |
Male
(n.) Same as Mail, a bag. |
Male
(v. t.) Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized |
Male
(v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit |
Male
(v. t.) Suitable to the male sex |
Male
(v. t.) Consisting of males |
Male
(v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits |
Male
(n.) An animal of the male sex. |
Male
(n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers. |
Male-odor
(n.) See Malodor. |
Male-spirited
(a.) Having the spirit of a male |
Sea lion
() Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast |
Tiger
(n.) A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger. |
Tiger
(n.) Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. |
Tiger
(n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. |
Tiger
(n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering |
Tiger
(n.) A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. |
Tiger-eye
(n.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite. |
Tiger-foot
(n.) Same as Tiger's-foot. |
Tiger-footed
(a.) Hastening to devour |
Tiger's-foot
(n.) A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion. |
Water tiger
() A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle. |
| male orgasm | an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen |
clitoridectomy
female circumcision | excision of the clitoris |
male chauvinism
chauvinism antifeminism | activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women |
| female | an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) |
| male | an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) |
| lion cub | a young lion |
| tiger cub | a young tiger |
hybrid
crossbreed
cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
sand tiger
sand shark
Carcharias taurus
Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvieri | large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body |
tiger salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum | widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches |
tiger snake
Notechis scutatus | highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania |
tiger rattlesnake
Crotalus tigris | having irregularly cross-banded back, of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico |
| female mammal | animals that nourish their young with milk |
thylacine
Tasmanian wolf
Tasmanian tiger
Thylacinus cynocephalus | rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back, probably extinct |
tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris | cowrie whose shell is used for ornament |
| sea lion | any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat |
South American sea lion
Otaria Byronia | of the southern coast of South America |
California sea lion
Zalophus californianus
Zalophus californicus | often trained as a show animal |
Australian sea lion
Zalophus lobatus | a variety of sea lion found in Australia |
Steller sea lion
Steller's sea lion
Eumetopias jubatus | largest sea lion, of the northern Pacific |
| tiger cat | a cat having a striped coat |
cougar
puma
catamount mountain lion
painter
panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
| tiger cat Felis tigrina | medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat |
lion
king of beasts
Panthera leo | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male |
tiger
Panthera tigris | large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes, endangered |
| Bengal tiger | southern short-haired tiger |
| liger | offspring of a male lion and a female tiger |
saber-toothed tiger
sabertooth | any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth, from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene |
| false saber-toothed tiger | North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene, much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon |
| tiger beetle | active usually brightolored beetle that preys on other insects |
Asian tiger mosquito
Aedes albopictus | striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean, potential carrier of serious diseases |
ant lion
antlion
antlion fly | winged insect resembling a dragonfly, the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants |
doodlebug
ant lion antlion | the larva of any of several insects |
aphid lion
aphis lion | carnivorous larva of lacewing flies |
| tiger moth | medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings, larvae are called woolly bears |
| male horse | the male of species Equus caballus |
mare
female horse | female equine animal |
tamarin
lion monkey
lion marmoset
leoncita | small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail |
| lion-jaw forceps | a type of forceps |
| plug male plug | an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection |
heterosis
hybrid vigor | (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent |
| paper tiger | the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual, he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth |
| male body | the body of a male human being |
| female body | the body of a female human being |
adult female body
woman's body | the body of an adult woman |
adult male body
man's body | the body of an adult man |
| female reproductive system | the reproductive system of females |
| male reproductive system | the reproductive system of males |
female genitalia
female genitals
female genital organ
fanny | external female sex organs, in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals |