Semantics

У него доброе выражение лица. His face has a kindly expression.
This entry is concerned with the use of the word лицо referring to the front part of the head in humans, as well as expressions on the face, e.g. У неё печальное лицо "She has a sad face." The corresponding term for animals is морда (except for birds and fish). The meanings "characteristic distinctive features" (лицо театра "the face/look of the theater") "a person of a certain type" (лица мужского пола "persons of the male sex"), etc., are not described in this dictionary.