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li⋅on⋅ess

[lahy-uh-nis]
–noun
a female lion.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME liones, leonesse < MF lion(n)esse. See lion, -ess
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li·on·ess   (lī'ə-nĭs)   
n.  A female lion.
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