tiger
/ˈtaɪɡɚ/ noun A1- Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress. · Coordinate term: tigress
- A sabre-toothed tiger (any felid in the subfamily †Machairodontinae).
- A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus
- A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
- A tiger beetle.
- Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
- A tiger butterfly in the tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina.
Plural tigers
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If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.”
“They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers,” replied the Lion, “and with claws so long and sharp that they could tear me in two as easily as I could kill Toto.
They had just started to cross this queer bridge when a sharp growl made them all look up, and to their horror they saw running toward them two great beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.
During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity.
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