queen of beasts

English

queen of beasts (plural queens of beasts)

(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.

the lioness

Armenian: կենդանիների թագուհի (kendanineri tʻaguhi)
Old Armenian: թագուհի կենդանեաց (tʻaguhi kendaneacʻ)
Bengali: হায়ওয়ানের রাণী (haẏōẇaner rani)
Czech: královna zvířat f
Esperanto: reĝino de bestoj (eo)
Finnish: eläinten kuningatar
French: reine des animaux (fr) f
German: Königin der Tiere f
Greek: βασίλισσα των ζώων (vasílissa ton zóon)
Ancient: βασίλισσα τῶν ζῴων (basílissa tôn zṓiōn)
Icelandic: drottning dýranna
Latin: regina animalium
Polish: królowa zwierząt f
Romanian: regina animalelor f
Russian: короле́ва живо́тных f (koroléva živótnyx)
Sanskrit: राज्ञी पशूनाम् (rājñī paśūnām)
Slovak: kráľovná zvierat f
Slovene: kraljica živalov f
Ukrainian: королева звірів f (koroleva zviriv)

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