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lion\'s' from English to Finnish
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- "Melibe leonina", commonly referred to as the hooded nudibranch, lion nudibranch, or lion's mane nudibranch, is a species of predatory nudibranch in the family Tethydidae.
- Babar () is Amazigh (the Hamitic language of the Berbers), meaning "the Lion's Gate", from "Bab" 'Gate' (=Arabic) and "Ar" 'Lion'. It is the opening to the Berberian lion's Atlas range territory, to "Sheshar" (Chechar) and "Seiar" (Seïar).
- The common name "dandelion" comes from the French "dent de lion", or "lion's tooth", in reference to the plant's jagged-edged leaves.
- The lion's role as "king of the beasts" has been utilized in a number of cartoons, from the Leonardo Lion of "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects" (1960–1963) series to the Disney animated feature film "The Lion King" (1994).
- The real lion meanwhile chews through its restraining rope and trails Andy, whom it saw earlier. While Andy is looking elsewhere, the real lion changes places with the fake lion (which promptly runs off into the distance). Andy starts flicking his whip again while Amos who is outside the cage tries to warn him that he now faces the real lion. The lion gets upset and Andy then decides to put his head inside the lion's mouth. Opening it, he sees a large tongue instead of Crawford and realizes that it is the real lion.
- According to the Mahavamsa's folklore (the chronicled history of Sri Lanka), Sinhabahu's father was a lion and his mother a princess of Vanga, who was kidnapped by the lion. His hands and feet were like a lion's paws.
- Shortly after his death, Henry the Lion became the subject of a folktale, the so-called "Heinrichssage". The tale was later also turned into the opera "Enrico Leone" by Italian composer Agostino Steffani. The "Heinrichssage" details a fictional account of Henry's pilgrimage to the Holy Land. A popular part of the tale deals with the Brunswick Lion. According to legend, Henry witnessed a fight between a lion and a dragon while on pilgrimage. He joins the lion in its fight and they slay the dragon. The faithful lion then accompanies Henry on his return home. After its master's death, the lion refuses all food and dies of grief on Henry's grave. The people of Brunswick then erect a statue in the lion's honour. The legend of Henry the Lion also inspired the Czech tale of the knight , which is depicted on a column on Charles Bridge in Prague.
- Saṃkarṣaṇa came to be associated with the lion, which is his theriomorphic aspect. Saṃkarṣaṇa appears as a lion in some of the Caturvyūha statues (the Bhita statue), where he is an assistant to Vāsudeva, and in the "Vaikuntha Chaturmurti" when his lion's head protrudes from the side of Vishnu's head.
- The next woman and her horse proceed to dance together before a lion tamer is shown with his lion. The tamer is doing very well, then forces open the lion's mouth, then sticks his head through it and pulls it out. This cheering makes the lion very happy so he tries it to the man, who seems to be highly surprised.
- The name, Red Lion, comes from a story about one of the original settlers, a man by the name of Parks, who battled a mountain lion. The lion's coat turned red from its own blood. Mountain lion and black bear were common in the area before being hunted to extinction.
- One of the museum's most popular works is a massive pair of bronze lion's paws that flank the building's front steps. Modeled by sculptor Paul Bowden in 1993, they playfully evoke the traditional lion statues that flank Beaux-arts buildings, such as the New York Public Library, and also pay tribute to Penn State's mascot, the Nittany Lion.
- A lion ruled a jungle. The occupants gathered together and offered to present the lion an offering, so he would not hunt them. One day the draw fell to make another rabbit the sacrifice to the lion, however the empty-handed rabbit kept the hungry lion waiting. The furious lion demanded an explanation. The rabbit claimed that another rabbit was the intended sacrifice but refused, claiming that he was going to feed himself to the real king of the jungle--another lion. The challenge of the lion's authority incensed him and he demanded the rabbit take him to the offending lion. The lion was taken to the edge of a well. The rabbit said to peer at the reflection of the real ruler of the jungle and the intended sacrifice. The lion roared, attacked his opponent and drowned.
- The regimental badge depicts a lion's head, in memory of Boer General JH de la Rey, the "Lion of the West" after whom the regiment is named.
- The lion's fur varies in colour from light buff to dark brown. It has rounded ears and a black tail tuft. An exceptionally heavy male lion near Mount Kenya weighed [...].
- Phobos often is depicted as having a lion's or lion-like head. This may be seen in "Description of Greece" by Pausanias, "On the shield of Agamemnon is Phobos (Fear), who[...] head is a lion’s…".
- The Doric column is [...] tall and topped by the Percy Lion, symbol of the historic Percy family. The lion sits on top of a drum decorated with foliage and surmounted with an iron balcony. The lion's tail, unusually, is horizontal and is said to point towards Scotland but the reason why is not known. The lion, depicted en passant, points south.
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