mane
noun
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
maneless
-
a word derived from
mane.
Example Sentences
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The African habitat - which was built in 2001 - is home to reticulated giraffes, maneless zebras, white rhinos, ostriches, crowned cranes and a greater kudu - a type of antelope.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
The African habitat - which was built in 2001 - is home to reticulated giraffes, maneless zebra, white rhino, ostrich, crowned crane and a greater kudu.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
When British colonial officials first built a railway line here in 1898, a notorious pair of maneless male lions killed about 30 mainly Indian labourers.
From Economist ● Feb. 26, 2015
There are three varieties found in Africa and India—one, the maneless leopard, is confined to Africa, where also is found in the south a woolly variety with light brown spots.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon his bear-skin, a maneless lion, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality.
From Burl by Morrison Heady
