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stone lions

stone lions is the plural of stone lion.

Meaning of stone lion

Noun

stone lion (plural stone lions)

  1. Synonym of foo dog
    • In the revival of Buddhism during Tang times (618–907), all Buddhist temples were protected by a pair of these stone lions.2014, Shelia Hollihan-Elliot, Art and Architecture of China, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    foo dog

Questions about stone lions

What is stone lions the plural of?
Stone lions is the plural of stone lion.

Words near stone lions in the dictionary

  1. stone jug
  2. stone jugs
  3. stone knapper
  4. stone knappers
  5. stone lion
  6. stone lions
  7. stone loach
  8. stone loaches
  9. stone man syndrome
  10. stone marten
  11. stone martens

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