cave lion

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cave lion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cave \Cave\ (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea
     cavity. Cf. Cage.]
     1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial;
        a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
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     2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of
        the ear." --Bacon.
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     3. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a
        political party, as from the Liberal party in England in
        1866. See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted
        Names in Fiction.
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     Cave bear (Zool.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus  spel[ae]us
        ) similar to the grizzly bear, but large;
        common in European caves.
  
     Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling
        place was a cave. --Tylor.
  
     Cave hyena (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
        British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
        the living African spotted hyena.
  
     Cave lion (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
        Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
        lion.
  
     Bone cave. See under Bone.
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