Noun: tiger tI-gu(r)
- Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
"The Bengal tiger moved silently through the bamboo";
- Panthera tigris
- A fierce or audacious person
"he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
Derived forms: tigers
Type of: actor, big cat, cat, doer, worker
Part of: genus Panthera, Panthera
Encyclopedia: Tiger, My Friend