tigers Definition

a large Asian carnivorous mammal (Panthera tigris) of the cat family having a usually tawny coat transversely striped with black

any of several large wildcats (such as the jaguar or cougar)

a domestic cat with striped pattern

siberian tiger

a tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) occurring especially in India

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saber-toothed cat

one that is outwardly powerful or dangerous but inwardly weak or ineffectual

any of various extinct carnivorous cats (such as genus Smilodon) that were widely distributed in the Oligocene through the Pleistocene of both the Old and New World, are characterized by elongation of the upper canines into curved, piercing or slashing, dagger-like weapons and in enlargement of the gape with corresponding muscular and skeletal changes, and that constitute a distinct felid subfamily (Machairodontinae)

any of various extinct North American, Eurasian, and African catlike carnivores (as of the genera Hoplophoneus and Nimravus of the family Nimravidae) of the Late Eocene to Late Miocene that resemble the typical saber-toothed cats

a large endangered tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) formerly inhabiting eastern Siberia to Korea but now much restricted in range

a usually yellowish to brown chatoyant stone that consists of silicified crocidolite and is much used for ornament