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leonine

/ˈliːənaɪ̯n/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
  3. A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.

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