Definition of tiger

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Tiger (n.) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress..

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Carnivorous :: Carnivorous (a.) Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics..
Tigrine :: Tigrine (a.) Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America..
Tigerine :: Tigerine (a.) Tigerish; tigrine.
Wallah :: Wallah (n.) A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger.
Lion :: Lion (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black.
Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger..
Tigrine :: Tigrine (a.) Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
Setigerous :: Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle..
Dentigerous :: Dentigerous (a.) Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
Setiger :: Setiger (n.) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.
Smilodon :: Smilodon (n.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus.
Rimau Dahan :: Rimau dahan () The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Man-eater :: Man-eater (n.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh..
Tigerish :: Tigerish (a.) Like a tiger; tigrish.
Jaguar :: "Jaguar (n.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger..
Chati :: Chati (n.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).
Machairodus :: Machairodus (n.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers..
Tiger''s-foot :: Tiger's-foot (n.) A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
Tiger :: 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..
Gonimia :: Gonimia (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia..
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