Nemean lion
nounClassical Mythology.
a powerful lion strangled by Hercules as one of his labors.
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It was a representation of Heracles in the act of tearing the jaws of the Nemean lion.
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British Dictionary definitions for Nemean lion
Nemean lion
noun
Greek myth an enormous lion that was strangled by Hercules as his first labour
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