Definition of Lion cub

1. Noun. A young lion.


Definition of Lion cub

1. Noun. A young lion. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lion Cub

lion
lion's-ear
lion's beard
lion's den
lion's ear
lion's foot
lion's leaf
lion's share
lion's tooth
lion-heart
lion-hearted
lion-hunter
lion-jaw bone-holding forceps
lion-jaw forceps
lion cub
lion cubs
lion marmoset
lion monkey
lionced
lioncel
lioncelle
lioncels
lionel
lionels
lioness
lionesses
lionet
lionets
lionfish

Literary usage of Lion cub

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk by John Merlin Powis Smith, William Hayes Ward, Julius August Bewer (1911)
"Whither the lion went to enter, the lion's cub, -with none to terrify] ft reads, "Whither the lion, the lioness went, the cub of the lion, with, etc. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"But thus let it be smiling)—showing a lion's cub, which he lifts up as if to frighten the young ones in sport. With regard to correctness in drawing, ..."

3. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture by Leo Wiener (1921)
"If Rufinus' Benedictions existed before those of Alcuin, then the story of the lion cub must have been absent from it, for Alcuin could not possibly have ..."

4. The Spell of Japan by Isabel Anderson (1914)
"I'll send my son on a journey to Kyoto — I'll cast the lion's cub into the valley! " Now it so happened that the old frog from Kyoto and the " lion's cub ..."

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