lion.

[Example sentence] a lion.

He was as brave as a lion.

The lion's share.

Wake not a sleeping lion.

A lion is known by his claws.

Beat the dog before the lion.

Lion:

Lion (scientific name: Panthera leo): is a carnivorous order, the cat family, the leopard genus of large beasts. Abbreviated as lion, the ancient Chinese name mythical beast. It is a large cat living in Africa and Asia, is the largest existing average weight of cats, but also in the world is the only one male and female bimodal cats.

Lions are large, with an even carapace and medium-length, toe-walking limbs. The head is large and round with a short muzzle, and the senses of sight, hearing and smell are well developed. Canines and cleft teeth are extremely well developed; upper cleft teeth with three cusps, lower cleft teeth with two cusps; molars are more degenerate, crown diameter is less than the height of the lateral incisors. The fur is soft. Forefeet 5 toes, hindfeet 4 toes; claws sharp, retractable. The tail is more developed.

With the title of "king of the grasslands", it is the top cat predator in Africa. Wild African male lions average weight of 240 kg, the total length of up to 2.4-3.3 meters. The lion's hair is short, body color has light gray, yellow or teal, male lions also have a long mane, mane has light brown, dark brown, black and so on, long mane has been extended to the shoulders and chest.