Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having teeth like those of a lion.
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Examples
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These are lion-hearted soldiers, and lion-gutted, and lion-toothed, with a lion's appetites.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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That lion-toothed hero of immeasurable prowess, that bull among men, afflicted by Satyaki with his arrows, fell on his knees upon the terrace of his car.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Botanically it belongs to the composite order, and is named _Taraxacum Leontodon_, or eatable, and lion-toothed.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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