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mane

  (mān) pronunciation
n.
  1. The long hair along the top and sides of the neck of certain mammals, such as the horse and the male lion.
  2. A long thick growth of hair on a person's head.

[Middle English, from Old English manu.]


 
 

The region of long coarse hair at the dorsal border of the neck and terminating at the poll in the forelock. Present in the horse and other Equidae. Similar gatherings of coarse hairs are present in the giraffe, gnu, various antelope, cheetah and lion. Called also juba.

  • buzzed-off m. — broken or sheared hairs in the mane, causing it to be irregularly shortened; seen with self-trauma in response to pruritic skin disease such as Culicoides hypersensitivity.
  • m. and tail dystrophy — short, brittle hair in the mane and tail of horses; the cause is unknown.
 
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IN BRIEF: The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals such as the horse and the lion.

pronunciation The male lion has a mane encircling his head while the female does not.

Tutor's tip: The winner of the Ms. Maine Beauty Pageant's "main" (chief in size or importance) attribute was her shiny auburn "mane" (a horse, lion, or person's long hair).

 
Wikipedia: mane (disambiguation)


Mane can have the following meanings:

  • The mane of a horse is used to describe the line of hair along the spine of the neck, starting behind the ears and ending just above the withers.
  • The mane may also refer to the mane of a lion, found on the male animal's neck.

Mane is the name of several communes in France:

Mane also refers to a people in western Africa:

  • Mane, of the Atlantic coast.

Other meanings:


 
Translations: Translations for: Mane

Dansk (Danish)
n. - [zool.] man, manke, stort hår, langt hår

Nederlands (Dutch)
manen, lang haar

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) crinière

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mähne

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαίτη

Italiano (Italian)
criniera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - juba (f), crina (f), cabeleira comprida (f)

Русский (Russian)
конский волос

Español (Spanish)
n. - crin, crines, melena

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - man (på djur), tjockt hår (vard.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
鬃毛

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鬃毛

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - たてがみ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعر الرقبه أو الظهر في بعض الحيوانات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רעמה‬


 
 
 

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