| tiger's-foot | <botany> A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water tiger | <zoology> A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tiger | 1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Synonym: royal tiger, and Bengal tiger. 2. A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. "As for heinous tiger, Tamora." (Shak) 3. A servant in livery, who rids with his master or mistress. 4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. American tiger. <zoology> Any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. <botany> Tiger flower, the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta). Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree (Machaerium Schomburgkii) found in Guiana. Origin: OE. Tigre, F. Tigre, L. Tigris, Gr. Tigris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. Tir; perhaps akin to E. Stick, v.t.; probably so named from its quickness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiger-eye | <chemical> A siliceous stone of a yellow colour and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiger-foot | <botany> Same as Tiger's-foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiger heart | A fatty degenerated heart in which the fat is disposed in the form of broken stripes in the subendocardial myocardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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