0 a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur that lives in Africa and southern Asia:
1 a large, strong animal of the cat family from Africa and Asia which has yellow-brown fur, the male having a large mane (= long neck fur)
2 the largest part of something:
Basic womenswear categories now constitute the lion's share of clothing industry sales.
get/take/receive the lion's share The company gets the lion's share of its profits from personal computer sales.
The lion's share of the network did not follow existing routes.
However, rayon and paper units are the two major industries that consume a lion's share of forest resources.
At that time, children's services took the lion's share of qualified social workers and, outside hospitals, older people received little service from qualified social workers.
