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
Once we drove off a maneless lion and lioness from a dead buffalo, which had been in the last stage of a decline.
From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David
The Barbary lion, the lion of Senegal, the Indian lion, the Persian, the yellow Cape, the black Cape, and the maneless lion.
From The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family by Reid, Mayne
