Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.

   3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person
      who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at
      that time.

            Such society was far more enjoyable than that of
            Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.
                                                  --Prof.
                                                  Wilson.

   {American lion} (Zo["o]l.), the puma or cougar.

   {Lion ant} (Zo["o]l.), the ant-lion.

   {Lion dog} (Zo["o]l.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane,
      usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane.

   {Lion lizard} (Zo["o]l.), the basilisk.

   {Lion's share}, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part;
      -- from [AE]sop's fable of the lion hunting in company
      with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself
      all the prey.