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tigress

[ tahy-gris ]

noun

  1. a female tiger.
  2. a woman resembling a tiger, as in fierceness or courage.


tigress

/ ˈ³Ù²¹ÉªÉ¡°ùɪ²õ /

noun

  1. a female tiger
  2. a fierce, cruel, or wildly passionate woman
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tigress1

1605–15; earlier tigresse < French; tiger, -ess
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A wild boar unknowingly ventures too close to the tigress, unaware of the imminent danger.

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But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

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To maintain a constant supply of babies, tigresses were forced to churn out litter after litter.

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Mr Bhattacharyya's winning image, called The Finest Flower of the Mangroves, shows a young Royal Bengal tigress in its natural mangrove habitat, peering at the photographer.

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"The young tigress is one of thousands of big cats that fall victim to the commercial illegal trade in Europe every year," the group said.

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