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Nemean lion

Other forms: Nemean lions

Definitions of Nemean lion
  1. noun
    (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors
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    type of:
    mythical creature, mythical monster
    a monster renowned in folklore and myth
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