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Wild lion lying on the floor (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lino

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'lying on the floor' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'wild lion' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'lion' with letters rearranged gives 'LINO'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for lino that I've seen before include "put this down?" , "'Floor covering, in short (4)'" , "Floor covering (abbr)" , "Tough floor covering" .)

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