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Barbary lions

Barbary lions is the plural of Barbary lion.

Meaning of Barbary lion

Noun

Barbary lion (plural Barbary lions)

  1. Any of the North African population, now extinct in the wild, of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo.
    • Barbary lions had been believed extinct in the wild since the mid-twentieth century, survived only by a few odds and bods of DNA carried in captive individuals descended from Haile Selassie's private collection.2015, Bryn Ellis, Half Trace, page 290

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What is Barbary lions the plural of?
Barbary lions is the plural of Barbary lion.

Words near Barbary lions in the dictionary

  1. Barbary duck
  2. Barbary falcon
  3. Barbary falcons
  4. Barbary gum
  5. Barbary lion
  6. Barbary lions
  7. Barbary macaque
  8. Barbary macaques
  9. Barbary sheep
  10. barbasco
  11. barbascos

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