holenleeuw

Dutch

Panthera leo spelaea

Etymology

Compound of hol (“hole, den”) +‎ -en- +‎ leeuw (“lion”), calque of German Höhlenlöwe. First attested in the 1850s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɔ.tə(n)ˌleːu̯/

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• Hyphenation: ho‧len‧leeuw

Noun

holenleeuw m (plural holenleeuwen)

1. cave lion (Panthera spelaea or Panthera leo spelaea)

   Synonym: grottenleeuw

Further reading

• holenleeuw on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl