Definition of tiger Tiger
/tajˈgɚ/ - [tayger] - ti•ger
We found 18 definitions of tiger from 7 different sources.
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What does tiger mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: tigers |
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| tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered | ||
| Panthera tigris | ||
| big cat, cat any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild | ||
| genus panthera, panthera lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers | ||
| tiger cub a young tiger | ||
| bengal tiger southern short-haired tiger | ||
| tiger - a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tiger (Noun)
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. - tiger (Noun)
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. - tiger (Noun)
A leopard. - tiger (Noun)
A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse . - tiger (Noun)
A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. - tiger (Noun)
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering. - tiger (Noun)
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tiger (n.)
A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger. - tiger (n.)
Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. - tiger (n.)
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. - tiger (n.)
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. - tiger (n.)
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tiger
A large carnivorous animal (Panthera tigris) of the cat family indigenous to Asia.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tiger
tī′gėr, n. a fierce and rapacious feline quadruped, nearly as large as a lion: the jaguar: a servant in livery who rides with his master: a swaggering bully, a low ruffian: (U.S.) one more cheer after a round of cheers: a tiger-beetle:—fem. Tī′gress.—ns. Ti′ger-bee′tle, a cicindela; Tī′ger-cat, a wild-cat: the margay, ocelot, and serval; Tī′ger-flow′er, a Mexican plant cultivated in flower-gardens for its streaked flowers.—adjs. Tī′ger-foot′ed (Shak.), hastening to devour, fierce and rapacious; Tī′gerish, like a tiger in disposition.—ns. Tī′gerism; Tī′ger-lil′y, a species of lily with spotted flowers; Tī′ger-moth, any one of the Arctiidæ, whose larvæ are called woolly bears; Tī′ger-wolf, a name given to the spotted hyena and to the Thylacine.—adj. Tī′grine, like a tiger. [Fr. tigre—L. tigris—Gr. tigris—Zend. tighri, an arrow, whence the river Tigris.]
Wikipedia 
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The tiger ("Panthera tigris") is a large mammal. It belongs to a family of animals called the Felidae. It originally lived in Asia.
What they look like.
Tigers are very large and strong, and the biggest feline. They have orange fur with black stripes, and a white underside. The black stripes usually extend to the white underside.
Sometimes there are tigers with different colors. There are "White Tigers" that have white fur with black stripes, or that even have pure white fur. They have blue or green eyes. White Tigers are most commonly Bengal tigers.
Tigers vary in size depending on their subspecies. Siberian tigers are the largest. They can grow to be long and weigh as much as 500kg (1100lbs).
Where they live.
Tigers live in Asia, mainly from India to China and in Southeast Asia. Tigers usually live in the forest and rainforests. They also like to live under bushes and where there is plenty of food for them to hunt and places for them to hide.
Subspecies.
The tiger has 6 living subspecies, and 3 extinct (†) subspecies.
Tigers and humans.
Tigers are becoming very rare, because people hunt them for their skin and destroy the forests they live in. The Bengal tiger has the biggest population with 3,500 animals and the South-Chinese tiger has the smallest population with only 20 - 30 animals left.
Diet.
Tigers eat many different types of prey. All tigers are carnivours, or meat eaters. They eat gazelle, monkeys, and other animals located in Asia.
Some tigers may eat up to 50 poun
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🔤- tiger, noun, singular of tigers.
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