nemean lion

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   (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors

   Broadermythical monster

   Greek mythology

Questions about nemean lion

What does nemean lion mean?

nemean lion means "(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors".

Is nemean lion a common word?

nemean lion 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.