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Noun: tiger  tI-gu(r)
  1. Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
    - Panthera tigris
     
  2. A fierce or audacious person
    "he's a tiger on the tennis court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"

Derived forms: tigers

Type of: big cat, cat, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: genus Panthera, Panthera

Encyclopedia: Tiger, George

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