queen of beasts

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Noun

queen of beasts (plural queens of beasts)

1. (idiomatic) The lioness.
   • 2023, Craig Packer, “Cub Rearing”, in The Lion: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of an Iconic Species, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 76:

     [W]e will follow females from pregnancy and parturition to the pooling of their cubs in a crèche, whereupon the egalitarian queens of beasts are faced with the intricacies of shared caregiving.

Related terms

• king of beasts

Translations

the lioness

• Armenian: կենդանիների թագուհի (kendanineri tʻaguhi)

  Old Armenian: թագուհի կենդանեաց (tʻaguhi kendaneacʻ)

• Bengali: হায়ওয়ানের রাণী (haẏōẇaner rani)
• Czech: královna zvířat f
• Esperanto: reĝino de bestoj (eo)
• Finnish: eläinten kuningatar
• French: reine des animaux (fr) f
• German: Königin der Tiere f
• Greek: βασίλισσα των ζώων (vasílissa ton zóon)

  Ancient: βασίλισσα τῶν ζῴων (basílissa tôn zṓiōn)

• Icelandic: drottning dýranna
• Latin: regina animalium
• Polish: królowa zwierząt f
• Romanian: regina animalelor f
• Russian: короле́ва живо́тных f (koroléva živótnyx)
• Sanskrit: राज्ञी पशूनाम् (rājñī paśūnām)
• Slovak: kráľovná zvierat f
• Slovene: kraljica živalov f
• Ukrainian: королева звірів f (koroleva zviriv)