king of beasts

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   large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

   SynonymslionPanthera leo

   Broaderbig cat

   Narrowerlion cublionesslionet

   Part ofPantherapride

   Partsmane

Questions about king of beasts

What does king of beasts mean?

king of beasts means "large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male".

What is another word for king of beasts?

Close synonyms include lion, Panthera leo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is king of beasts a common word?

king of beasts is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.