noun Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
noun A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
noun Other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc. A sabre-toothed tiger (any felid in the subfamily †Machairodontinae). A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus A jaguar. Certain insects: A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae. A tiger beetle. Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus. A tiger butterfly in the tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina.
noun A sabre-toothed tiger (any felid in the subfamily †Machairodontinae).
noun A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus
noun A jaguar.
noun Certain insects: A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae. A tiger beetle. Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus. A tiger butterfly in the tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina.