mane

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Pronunciation

• enPR: mān, IPA: /meɪn/

Noun

mane (plural manes)

1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Translations

• French: crinière
• German: Mähne
• Italian: criniera
• Portuguese: crina
• Russian: гри́ва
• Spanish: crin

Translations

• French: crinière
• German: Mähne
• Italian: criniera
• Portuguese: juba
• Russian: гри́ва
• Spanish: melena

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