Definition for TI'GER

TI'GER, n. [Fr. tigre; It. tigro; L. tigris; said to be from גיר gir, a dart; whence תגיר tiger.]

A fierce and rapacious animal of the genus Felis, (F. tigris,) one of the largest and most terrible of the genus, inhabiting Africa and Asia. The American tiger is the Felis jaguar. There is also the tiger cat or Felis capensis.

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