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See Tiger Image:Panthera tigris tigris.jpg|thumb|A tiger.

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Noun

  1. A large carnivorous animal (Panthera tigris) of the cat family indigenous to Asia.
  2. * "Save the Tiger Fund", Dedicated to providing information to help preserve the remaining five subspecies of tigers. News, research, a kid's section, and a live tiger cub cam feed...http://www.savethetigerfund.org/ - 21k - 14 Apr 2006
  3. {{context|South African|dated|_|but still used}} A leopard.
  4. * 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick: Jock of the Bushveld p.251. Longmans ISBN 0582161231. (First published 1907).
  5. : "Jim rearked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about."
  6. A person (especially a man) very who is very athletic during intercourse.


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Category:Articles which need Tibetan script Category:Mammals Category:South African English

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Norwegian

Noun

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  1. #Noun|tiger mammal


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Swedish

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  • An audio transcript can be found at Sv-tiger.ogg


Noun

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  1. #Noun|tiger, an animal


Verb

tiger

  1. present tense of tiga#Swedish|tiga


Category:Cats Category:Swedish verb forms Category:sv:Mammals

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
an arrow, Per. t[imac]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; --
probably so named from its quickness.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
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As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak.
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3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
mistress. --Dickens.
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4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
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5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
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American tiger. (Zool.)
(a) The puma.
(b) The jaguar.

Clouded tiger (Zool.), a handsome striped and spotted
carnivore (Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native
of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about
three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet
long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark
markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but
there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending
back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth.
Called also tortoise-shell tiger.

Mexican tiger (Zool.), the jaguar.

Tiger beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of active
carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidae. They
usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.

Tiger bittern. (Zool.) See Sun bittern, under Sun.

Tiger cat (Zool.), any one of several species of wild cats
of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
somewhat resembling those of the tiger.

Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, {Tigridia
grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or
streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.

Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Chamaerops
Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J.
Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily.

Tiger moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of moths of
the family Arctiadae which are striped or barred with
black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
larvae are called woolly bears.

Tiger shark (Zool.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
tigrinus} syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred
or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic
and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark.

Tiger shell (Zool.), a large and conspicuously spotted
cowrie (Cypraea tigris); -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
tiger cowrie.

Tiger snake (Zool.), either of two very venomous snakes of
Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and {Notechis
ater}, which grow up to 5 feet in length.

Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta).


Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Machaerium
Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.
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WordNet tiger
n 1: a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis
court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
2: large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat
with black stripes; endangered [syn: Panthera tigris]
Moby Dictionary
Achilles , David , Hector , Leo , Mafioso , Roland , Samson ,
Siberian tiger , Young Turk , a man , animal , anthropophagite , bank ,
barbarian , beast , beldam , berserk , berserker , bobcat , bomber ,
brave , brute , bulldog , cannibal , cat-a-mountain , catamount ,
cheetah , chutzpanik , cougar , decorated hero , demigod , demigoddess ,
demon , destroyer , devil , dragon , fiend , fighting cock , fire-eater ,
firebrand , fury , gallant , gamecock , good soldier , goon , gorilla ,
gunsel , hardnose , hell-raiser , hellcat , hellhound , hellion , hero ,
heroine , holy terror , hood , hoodlum , hothead , hotspur , hyena ,
incendiary , jackpot , jaguar , killer , kitty , leopard , lion , lynx ,
mad dog , madcap , man of courage , man-eater , monster , mountain lion ,
mugger , nihilist , ocelot , painter , paladin , panther , pool , pot ,
puma , rapist , revolutionary , savage , shark , she-wolf , simba ,
spitfire , stakes , stalwart , termagant , terror , terrorist ,
the brave , tigress , tough , tough guy , ugly customer , valiant ,
valiant knight , vandal , violent , virago , vixen , wild beast ,
wild man , wildcat , witch , wolf , wrecker


Tiger, GA (town, FIPS 76504) Location: 34.84546 N, 83.43340 W Population (1990): 301 (146 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30576
Moby Dictionary 316
Housing Units (2000): 161
Land area (2000): 0.822521 sq. miles (2.130320 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.822521 sq. miles (2.130320 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76504
Located within: Georgia (GA) , FIPS 13
Location: 34.846374 N , 83.434181 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30576
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tiger , GA
Tiger
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