queen of beasts

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queen of beasts (plural queens of beasts)

  1. (idiomatic) The lioness.
    Coordinate term: king of beasts
    • 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.

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