liger
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪɡər/
- At the wildlife park, visitors can see a liger, the impressive hybrid of a lion and a tiger.
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- So the tigers, ligers, lions, you know, that was that was Joe's passion.
Examples
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Born in a Russian zoo, baby Kiara's dad is an African lion and her mom's a liger: half-lion, half-tiger, which makes her the world's first hybrid "liliger."
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Breeders are not making that easy: they are crossing tigers and lions to produce ligers or tiglons, as well as crossing smaller wild cats with small breeds domesticated long ago.
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I always pick the liger.
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- A liger.
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What's a liger?
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So the tigers, ligers, lions, you know, that was that was Joe's passion.
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You cross a horse and a donkey and you come up with a mule, or a lion and a tiger and get a liger, etc.
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The documentary featured a liger that weighed over 900 pounds and was raised in captivity.
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A liger is known for its large size and distinct markings, resulting from its lion and tiger parentage.
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Etymology
The word liger is a modern blend of lion and tiger, formed by joining li- from lion and -ger from tiger. So a liger is the mixed offspring of a male lion and a female tiger, and the name helps you remember both parents.