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ast of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle. Leo Minor, a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.

People; a nation; a man. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson.

A lion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Lionced.

Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain. -- n. sing. & pl.

use shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine repacity. -- Le"o*nine*ly, adv. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure,…

A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth.

A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard. Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. Leopard cat (Zoö…

A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.

See Letterwood.

Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.

Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Having two nucleoli.

See Chaceleon. [Obs.]

Cerulean. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamæleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

To change into various colors. [R.]

Either of two obelisks which were moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

One of the Coleoptera.