What is "lionesses"

Usage examples of "lionesses".

As soon as he appeared, the lionesses gave way, and only after he gorged did the females take their share.

She had watched the lionesses bring down an old mammoth with tusks so long they curved back and crossed in front.

Remember the bas-reliefs of the Lady with the two lionesses, riding to rule or to war?

And on the eastern steppe she met up with a pair of lionesses from Dawn Pride, Eos and Daybreak, along with a young male named Helius.

In confrontations with humans, lionesses were the most likely to charge.