tigress
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- noun
- /ˈtaɪɡrəs/
- Under cover of spruce, pine, and birch, the two tigresses stalked sika deer and other prey.
Examples
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The tigress had abandoned a three-week-old litter of cubs and wandered into Terney looking for a meal.
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Reclining at the foot of her kill, the tigress gazes unperturbed into the beam of the flashlight.
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What a fierce tigress it is.
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The tigress's reality is that she has to eat to survive.
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Four days earlier, the tigress had lazed in the sun in front of a camera trap, a research camera designed to record the motions of large wild animals.
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To begin with, the tigress saw the bullock as prey—something to satisfy her hunger.
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Our tigress lives in Kanha National Park, in the forests of Kipling's Jungle Book, where dawn elephant patrols ensure this is one of the safest places for tigers to roam.
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The tigress is fiercely protective of her cubs.
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In the wild, a tigress often hunts alone during the night.
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Wildlife photographers captured stunning images of a tigress prowling through the jungle.
Synonyms
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A large wild cat from Asian forests with orange fur and black stripes, now rare
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tigress is made from tiger + -ess, a word ending that shows 'female' in many English words. Think of actress to remember that -ess marks a woman, so a tigress is simply a female tiger.